HP CIFS Server 2.2i Administrator's Guide version A.01.11.01

Installing and Conﬁguring the HP CIFS Server

Step 2: Running the Conﬁguration Script

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• Workgroups do not utilized the centralized authentication of

domains. Samba_setup will require workgroups to choose either

server, share, or user-level security.

Since there are many important aspects of workgroup and domain

architecture too lengthy to be discussed here, you should consult

some of the many books or white papers available through the

world-wide web and book stores if you are not already familiar with

the subject.

3. Select your authentication security type.

Samba supports four types of security: Domain-level security,

Server-level security, User-level security, and Share-level security.

You must select one of these security types for your server prior to

running the conﬁguration script.

• Domain-level security: When this type of security is used, Samba

responds as a member of a Windows domain and checks the

password against the information contained in the Windows NT

domain controller.

• Server-level security: When this security type is speciﬁed,

password authentication is handled by another SMB password

server. When a client attempts to access a speciﬁc share, Samba

checks that the user is authorized to access the share. Samba

then validates the password via the SMB password server.

• User-level security: When this security type is speciﬁed, each

share is assigned speciﬁc users. When a request is made for

access, Samba checks the user’s user name and password against

a local list of authorized users and only gives access if a match is

made.

• Share-level security: When this security type is speciﬁed, each

share (directory) has at least one password associated with it.

Anyone with a password will be able to access the share. There

are no other access restrictions.

You might use multiple passwords when you want different users

to have different types of access (read-only, read-write, etc).

These security types are described in detail in “Chapter 6, Users,

Security, and Domains” of Using Samba by Eckstein, Collier-Brown

and Kelly.