Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (July 2001)

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Samba for MPE/iX Services

Samba for MPE/iX Share Level Security Mode

The process of user authentication depends whether Samba for MPE/iX

is running in share level or user level. The “security” parameter in the

conﬁguration ﬁle is used to specify the share level or user level

authentication. If the “security” parameter is set to “share,” Samba for

MPE/iX will tell clients it is granting access under share mode security.

The process for granting access under share level security is:

• If the service is marked “guest ok”or“public”, the client is granted

access with the rights of the username given in the “guest account”

parameter for the service.

• If a service is marked as “guest only” (not guest ok or public),

access is granted with the rights of the username given in the guest

account parameter for the service.

• If a client passed a username/password pair to Samba for MPE/iX

and the username and password are validated, the client is granted

access with the rights of the username.

• If the client registered a username with Samba for MPE/iX during a

previous connection and now supplies the correct password for that

username, access is granted.

• If the client validated a username/password pair with the Samba for

MPE/iX server during a previous connections and now passes the

correct corresponding access token, access is granted. This step will

be skipped if the “revalidate” service parameter is true for this

service.