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