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<emphasis>security = server:</emphasis> this mode is left over from before Samba could become a member server, and due to some security issues should not be used. See the <ulink url="http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html#id349531">Server Security</ulink> section of the Samba guide for more details.

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<emphasis>security = share:</emphasis> allows clients to connect to shares without supplying a username and password.

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The security mode you choose will depend on your environment and what you need the Samba server to accomplish.

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This section will reconfigure the Samba file and print server, from <xref linkend="samba-fileserver"/> and <xref linkend="samba-printserver"/>, to require authentication.

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First, install the <application>libpam-smbpass</application> package which will sync the system users to the Samba user database:

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If you chose the <emphasis>Samba Server</emphasis> task during installation <application>libpam-smbpass</application> is already installed.

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Now when connecting to the shared directories or printers you should be prompted for a username and password.

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If you choose to map a network drive to the share you can check the <quote>Reconnect at Logon</quote> check box, which will require you to only enter the username and password once, at least until the password changes.

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There are several options available to increase the security for each individual shared directory. Using the <emphasis>[share]</emphasis> example, this section will cover some common options.

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Groups define a collection of computers or users which have a common level of access to particular network resources and offer a level of granularity in controlling access to such resources. For example, if a group <emphasis role="italic">qa</emphasis> is defined and contains the users <emphasis role="italic">freda</emphasis>, <emphasis role="italic">danika</emphasis>, and <emphasis role="italic">rob</emphasis> and a second group <emphasis role="italic">support</emphasis> is defined and consists of users <emphasis role="italic">danika</emphasis>, <emphasis role="italic">jeremy</emphasis>, and <emphasis role="italic">vincent</emphasis> then certain network resources configured to allow access by the <emphasis role="italic">qa</emphasis> group will subsequently enable access by freda, danika, and rob, but not jeremy or vincent. Since the user <emphasis role="italic">danika</emphasis> belongs to both the <emphasis role="italic">qa</emphasis> and <emphasis role="italic">support</emphasis> groups, she will be able to access resources configured for access by both groups, whereas all other users will have only access to resources explicitly allowing the group they are part of.