[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#502801: Apply the patch in 502801 to no longer import system users in passdb.tdb?

[Christian PERRIER]

Quoting Steve Langasek (vorlon at debian.org):

> See my earlier comments in <20080330015442.GB31471 at dario.dodds.net>:
> 
> > I'm fairly indifferent to this patch.  I can't see any reason why system
> > users should be excluded; adding them to the pdb doesn't give them passwords
> > or otherwise permit people to connect as these users, it just makes them
> > better visible to Samba - which means that if they do show up in any ACLs on
> > shared files, clients will get a more user-friendly display.

Hmmm, really? If system users aren't listed in the tdb, they're still
displayed to clients when clients list ACLs.

I just tried this on my own system by sharing a simple directory,
create a file owned by "ftp" there...and the file owner was properly
appearing in the Windows "Security" tab.




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