SMB Authentication: The Basics


Share Level and User Level Authentication

Share Level

  • No User Database

  • Passwords Assigned to Shares
    May have multiple passwords.

  • Share Level Is Depricated
 
Samba implements a slightly bent
security = share mechanism.
User-based Share Level authentication.

User Level

  • User Database
    May be a shared database.

  • Passwords Assigned per User

  • New SMB Introduced
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