Previously, I was using Samba as a PDC and everybody logged in with WXP and then they had roaming profiles and all was grand, except sometimes my students had really big pictures and such being saved to their "My Documents." That's bad. When it came time to log off, other students sometimes had to wait 20 minutes. A Bad thing.
So, this year, I scrapped the roaming profiles and got some XP Home Edition machines. I simply shared files on the server using Samba. It's fine. All the machines have a mapped network drive to the homes directory. When they click it, they are prompted for a username and password. They gain access to the server. They can do things exactly as I want them to be able to do things.
One little problem. A student pointed out that if he didn't enter a password, it worked just the same. A user can enter any username and as long as it is a user on the server, they have access to that file without supplying a password or supplying a bogus password. It's a bad thing.
Can anybody help? Keep in mind that this is a modified smb.conf. I previously had it when I had the samba as a PDC and some of the settings while seemingly illogical are carryovers. Me not sharp enough or have enough time to bother with trying to change them. Here is my smb.conf:
# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) # Date: 2003/09/10 12:54:53
# Global parameters [global] netbios name = WALDO encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes null passwords = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 1000 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 100 -s /bin/false -M %u domain logons = Yes os level = 255 domain master = Yes wins support = Yes default service = homes path = /home guest account = root read only = No printing = lprng browseable = No locking = No
[homes] comment = Home Directories guest account = %S valid users = %S browseable = Yes
[printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes
[lab] path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes printer name = lab oplocks = No
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James Bear www.montpelier.k12.nd.us
God is good...all the time.
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