On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:39:10PM +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > After feedback from my previous proposal, I am proposing to totally > remove security=share from Samba 4.0. security=share has been > deprecated since Samba 3.6. > > The attached patch shows the removal (a lot of complex code is going > away, which I think is a very good thing). > > Naturally, full user-name/password authentication remain available in > security=user and above. > > The rationale is that for the bulk of security=share users, we just we > need a very simple way to run a 'trust the network' Samba server, where > users mark shares as guest ok. This is still supported, and the > smb.conf options are documented at > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Public_Samba_Server > > At the same time, I want to close the door on one of the most arcane > areas of Samba authentication. > > If you have any concerns about this, please let me know,
+1. After thinking about this for a while, I'm ok with this. If we don't take the chance to remove it for Samba4, we'll never get rid of it. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
