1 <samba:parameter name="restrict anonymous"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>The setting of this parameter determines whether user and
7 group list information is returned for an anonymous connection.
8 and mirrors the effects of the
10 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
11 Control\LSA\RestrictAnonymous
13 registry key in Windows 2000 and Windows NT. When set to 0, user
14 and group list information is returned to anyone who asks. When set
15 to 1, only an authenticated user can retrieve user and
16 group list information. For the value 2, supported by
17 Windows 2000/XP and Samba, no anonymous connections are allowed at
18 all. This can break third party and Microsoft
19 applications which expect to be allowed to perform
20 operations anonymously.</para>
23 The security advantage of using restrict anonymous = 1 is dubious,
24 as user and group list information can be obtained using other
30 The security advantage of using restrict anonymous = 2 is removed
31 by setting <smbconfoption name="guest ok">yes</smbconfoption> on any share.
36 <value type="default">0</value>