From a2de27a6846e3e05778fa7f0af0dbc76e82b52b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:41:10 +0000 Subject: Add note about storing mysql passwords in smb.conf --- docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml | 8 ++++++++ docs/docbook/projdoc/samba-doc.sgml | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml index 05262ebe103..59a134a15f3 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/pdb_mysql.sgml @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ identifier:mysql port - defaults to 3306 identifier:table - Name of the table containing users + + +WARNING: since the password for the mysql user is stored in the +smb.conf file, you should make the the smb.conf file +readable only to the user that runs samba. This is considered a security +bug and will be fixed soon. + + Names of the columns in this table(I've added column types those columns should have first): diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/samba-doc.sgml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/samba-doc.sgml index ce16405d54d..c4360c0b39c 100644 --- a/docs/docbook/projdoc/samba-doc.sgml +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/samba-doc.sgml @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ - @@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ Abstract -Last Update : $Date: 2002/11/13 15:34:49 $ +Last Update : $Date: 2002/12/24 01:41:10 $ @@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ PLEASE read this. &UNIX-INSTALL; &BROWSING; -&oplocks; &BROWSING-Quick; &ENCRYPTION; -- cgit