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

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Samba for MPE/iX Services
Samba for MPE/iX Configuration File Options
Controlling User Access Rights
allow hosts Default: none
deny hosts These parameters allow users to define a set of client IP
addresses which will be granted access to service. If an
“allow hosts option” is present, only hosts matching the
pattern are allowed to access the service. If a “deny
hosts option” exists, only hosts not matching the
pattern will be granted access.
Example: allow hosts = 192.1.2.3
Default: none
valid users Default: none
invalid users If neither of these parameters are set, then any
authenticated user will be granted access to the service.
The valid users parameter may contain a
comma-delimited list of users who will be allowed to
access the service. The invalid users parameter may
contain a similar comma-delimited list of users who
will never be granted access to the service. These
parameters use MPE/iX style user syntax (for example,
user.acct) to specify users. The password format used
when you log on from a PC client should be
userpassword, acctpassword.
Example: valid users = mgr.samba
Default: none
guest account The shares can be configured to accept connections
without a validated user ID and password, then you
can use the “guest account” parameter to assume the
guest logon identify for accessing files and printers.
Example: guest account = mgr.samba
Default: none
revalidate This parameter forces the revalidation of password.
When Samba for MPE/iX successfully validates a
client’s password, it passes a token back to client. This
is used by the client to connect to other shares. If
revalidate=true, then Samba for MPE/iX expects a
valid username and password pair again without
relying on the token. For example, after connecting to
“temp,” if the client tries to connect to another share,
Samba for MPE/iX revalidates the password.
Example: revalidate = yes
Default: no