tor, 05.05.2005 kl. 14.53 skrev Paul Gienger: > >I don't recall what Samba version you're using, but if I recall > >correctly, the only thing the root user was ever needed for, was joining > >machines to a domain. Presumably because he had to write to restricted > >files. From Samba 3.0.11 the privilege SeMachineAccountPrivilege can be > >assigned to a mortal to do this, so root isn't necessary at all from > >that version upward. > > > The account used to join machines had to be able to run the equivilent > of 'useradd somemachine$'. Since the smbd process runs as the > connecting user, you needed root or a root-like user. Then they allowed > the smbd process to fork a root process with the priviledge seperation > commands and voilla.
That would be it, thanks :) --Tonni -- Nothing sucksseeds like a pigeon without a beak ... mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.billy.demon.nl They'll love us, won't they? They feed us, don't they? ... -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
