OTT samba users query

[Zach]

The kernel enforces things like ownership & permissions on the
underlying filesystem.  This is out of Samba's hands.  Samba has to
establish a relashionship between the samba user and an actual user on
the underlying system.  This "actual user" is sometimes referred to as
a POSIX account.  The kernel has no knowledge of "samba users."  The
kernel arbitrates whether access is allowed based on the user ID and
group IDs of the user, and the ownership and permissions of the
desired files.  Then if that actual system user is allowed to access
the desired file, the kernel will allow it, and, in turn, samba can
then allow it.

On 2/17/06, dave s <ubuntu at pusspaws.net> wrote:
> OK I have a samba system working fine on my 2 x (k)ubuntu systems and work XP
> Laptop. I have read the manuals, configured it and it does what I want. My
> question is
>
> If someone needs to access a share on my Samba server, they must be both a
> valid user of the system and a valid Samba user. The need for them to have a
> smbpasswd Is obvious.
>
> But why does samba insist that they are also a valid user on the linux
> system ? sbmpasswd -a will not work until they are.
>
> Is it due to something in the inner workings of samba or is there an obvious
> reason for it that I have just plain missed ?
>
> Can anyone enlighten me
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>
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