git: 6530b8b5db - main - handbook: samba: Remove outdated `security=share` documentation
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:44:27 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=6530b8b5dba4707a6b8f31bc2af219f5f97f8060
commit 6530b8b5dba4707a6b8f31bc2af219f5f97f8060
Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-09-09 18:38:56 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-09-09 18:42:06 +0000
handbook: samba: Remove outdated `security=share` documentation
"share" is no longer a supported setting for the "security" option.
Update our documentation accordingly.
PR: 252893
Reported by: cm@sdf.org
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
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documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc | 6 ++----
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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc
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@@ -2534,12 +2534,10 @@ The most important settings in [.filename]#/usr/local/etc/smb4.conf# are the sec
These directives control the options:
`security`::
-The most common settings are `security = share` and `security = user`.
If the clients use usernames that are the same as their usernames on the FreeBSD machine, user level security should be used.
-This is the default security policy and it requires clients to first log on before they can access shared resources.
+`security = user` is the default security policy and it requires clients to first log on before they can access shared resources.
+
-In share level security, clients do not need to log onto the server with a valid username and password before attempting to connect to a shared resource.
-This was the default security model for older versions of Samba.
+Refer to man:smb.conf[5] to learn about other supported settings for the `security` option.
`passdb backend`::
Samba has several different backend authentication models.