[ale] Samba

[Josh Freeman]

On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 18:03, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> Josh Freeman wrote:
> > Usually, when I get this, it's because I have forgotten to put the
> > computers in the same workgroup. For some really dumb reason, no distro
> > sets the workgroup to WORKGROUP, as windows does. Let me know if that
> > doesn't work.
> > 
> 
> That's because setting your workgroup to WORKGROUP is considered a security risk.  It kinda like setting your password to "password", or more akin to setting SNMP write permissions to PUBLIC.  Setting your workgroup to WORKGROUP just makes it easier for "just anyone" to stumble onto your machine if you don't have it properly secured, behind a firewall, etc.
> 
Oops. Wasn't a dumb reason, just a dumb answer :) Thanks for the
correction, Keith

Josh

> -- 
> Lost in Tokyo,
>    Keith
>      Jack of All Trades, Anarchist
> 
> 
> 
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Josh Freeman
Technical Manager
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access 


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