On Feb 3, 2004, at 12:47 AM, Craig White wrote:


On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 17:01, Kirk R.Wythers wrote:
I have a user on a IP authenticated connection who wants to backup his
local disk onto his own user space. His backup contains .exe files
(which I initially set up to be denied with " veto files =
/*.exe/*.dll/*.pif/*.com/*.vbs/*.{*}/*passwd*/" is smb.conf.

How bad an idea is it to allow .exe files to be written?


Based on the snipit from http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba-unofficial.html

"To prevent access to suspicious files (e.g., those that tend to become infected by virus'), use the following. The last bit prevents access to files with a CLSID in the file extension.

veto files = /*.exe/*.dll/*.pif/*.com/*.vbs/*.{*}/"



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where did you get the idea that it would bad for any of these files to
exist on a samba server?

These files are normal Windows type files - probably not a good idea to
have them pass through a mail gateway but otherwise, it cramps the
usability of a windows share.

Craig


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Kirk R. Wythers                                      tel: 612.625.2261
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