Curt Brimacomb
> I have samba1.9.16p9 installed on a 928 with mpeix 6.0 pp1.  I found that to
> be able to write to the share on an account called TEMP (user.map has me
> logged into mgr.temp), I had to add PM and SM to mgr.samba user and account
> to be able to copy files to it.  Is this right?  Seems like overkill and a
> security risk.

It's my fault the account doesn't have PM/SM on it when you install it; when
we originally packaged the FREEWARE tape, we tried to not add PM/SM accounts
to the system.  Since the smbd and nmbd programs need PM, we put them in a
group named SAMBA.SYS.  We later realized that the jobs running the daemons
need to be logged on with SM, and that they must be logged into the SAMBA
account.  For the next release, I hope HP will everything from SAMBA.SYS back
to PUB.SAMBA, and give the account PM/SM.

It's not a security risk if you properly password-protect the SAMBA account.

> Also, when I copy files to the share, some files will copy and others will
> not.  For example, user.txt will but screensaver.scr will not.  Any idea
> why?

Filenames (and directory names) in MPE groups are limited to 16 characters.
Move your share to a directory instead of a group and the problem will go
away.

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