Comment 38 for bug 32067

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: [Bug 32067] Re: the security parameter must be set to share, not user, in smb.conf - Smb/Gnome sharing broken

>From what I understand, Share-level security basically leaves you open
to password brute force initiated by your own daemon.

No good.

On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 17:12 +0000, Anders Østerholt wrote:
> There's no problem with setting the default level to share!
>
> When you add a shared folder, you can have it read only. And the people
> having problem with editing smb.conf is probably home users not wanting
> any heavy security anyway. People needing security probably knows how to
> edit the config file.
>
> At least a checkbox in shares-admin for setting the level to share would
> be nice to have.
>
> ** Attachment added: "shares-admin mockup"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9464149/Skjermdump-Shared%20Folders.png
>