Sharing files (ext. drive) with Windows from FC4

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 10/12/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 14:51, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> >
> > On 10/12/05, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 11:39 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > > Not really, I was more concerned about passwords. For some
> > reason, I
> > > assume them to be transimitted as clear text, correct me if
> > I am
> > > wrong. More importantly, how safe is samba on an untrusted
> > LAN?
> >
> > They're only transmitted that way if you want them to
> > be. Samba is
> > under your control.
>
> Yes, windows hasn't sent plaintext passwords without a registry change
> since some service pack in the mid-90's. A side effect is that you
> now need to make a separate smbpasswd entry.
>
> > Ok fair enough. Can I do Samba without a workgroup etc? (I have used
> > samba, but only in the more general workgroup/domain/lan form)
>
> Sure - if you use share level security you can see the shares
> without authenticating at all and only authenticate when you
> connect. With user level you won't be able to browse the shares
> unless you log in, but if you know the share name you can still
> map it and get the login/password prompt.



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