12-08-2011
Samba server guest connections
Hi,
I am trying to comprehend Samba's behaviour on one of my Arch systems and thus I'd like to ask a couple of quick questions:
The setup I'd like to build is just a small home network for file-sharing using guest connections.
Here it goes,
1) When using the following settings for guest connections,
map to guest = bad user guest account = nobody
does user 'nobody' have to exist both on Samba AND on the system's accounts?
If yes, is there any other way I can use Samba to serve guest connections without the need to create their respective system accounts? Why is that so?
2) If I change the second option to
guest account = myUnixAccountName
I notice that the system works perfectly well and serves guest connections just fine.
But how is that possible since myUnixAccountName doesn't exist on Samba?
Thanks in advance!
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hv_utils
HYPER-V(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual HYPER-V(4)
NAME
hv_utils -- Hyper-V Utilities Driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in the system kernel configuration file:
device hyperv
DESCRIPTION
The hv_utils driver provides time keeping, shutdown and heartbeat functionality for FreeBSD guest partitions running on Hyper-V. Hyper-V is
a hypervisor-based virtualization technology from Microsoft. The hv_utils driver is one of the core drivers required to be present in guest
partitions running on Hyper-V. This driver provides the following functionalities to guest partitions:
(a) Time Keeping: The clock inside the guest partition will remain accurate by synchronizing to the clock on the virtualization server via
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(b) Integrated shutdown: Guest partitions running FreeBSD can be shut down from Hyper-V Manager console by using the "Shut down" command.
(c) Heartbeat: This feature allows the virtualization server to detect whether the guest partition is running and responsive.
SEE ALSO
hv_ata_pci_disengage(4), hv_netvsc(4), hv_storvsc(4), hv_vmbus(4)
HISTORY
Support for hv_utils first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0. The driver was developed through a joint effort between Citrix Incorporated, Microsoft
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AUTHORS
FreeBSD support for hv_utils was first added by Microsoft BSD Integration Services Team <bsdic@microsoft.com>.
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