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#! rnews 1855 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!cornellcs!rochester!rocksanne!gnu!leisner From: leisner@gnu.mcwbst311b (Marty Leisner 25733) Subject: Re: Linux Killer App (ksmbfs) Message-ID: <1995Oct10.174145.24556@news.wrc.xerox.com> Sender: news@news.wrc.xerox.com Reply-To: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Organization: xerox References: <44cma4$fv4@hole.sdsu.edu> <44f0v9$83@park.uvsc.edu> <44hn74$pbj@hole.sdsu.edu> <454aet$oja@park.uvsc.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 17:41:45 GMT Lines: 36 >] > > to effectively mount a drive from a computer running Windows NT. >] > >] > How does it enforce user-level security? >] > >] > Specifically, mapping of user identities for more than a single >] > default user? >] > >] > [ I know it doesn't ... ] >] >] While in some applications this kind of security is critical, I think >] there are enough where it is not that something like ksmbfs would be a >] worthwhile addition to FreeBSD. > >Feel free to implement it. I believe that it would be a waste of >my time for me to do so. I've had this argument with Andrew, way >back when when I hunted him down and convinced him to start working >on his SMB server again (way way before it was named "Samba" or >there was a mailing list or news group. I was the first guy after >Andrew on thie list, FYI). > I'm interested in doing this (actually I'm more interesting in doing this at work for a sun). It would make ms-dog machines far more ususable... On ms-dog, I wonder about security ;-) marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom