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Samba/iX Services

Samba/iX Share level Security Mode

The process of user authentication depends whether Samba/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/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”, then 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) then

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/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/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/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.