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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!newshub1.wanet.net!ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!saturn!larryr From: larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux Killer App (ksmbfs) Date: 29 Sep 1995 21:07:48 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <44hn74$pbj@hole.sdsu.edu> References: <44cma4$fv4@hole.sdsu.edu> <44f0v9$83@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: saturn.sdsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote: > larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) wrote: > > ... some Linux versions have some support (ksmbfs) for the ability > > to effectively mount a drive from a computer running Windows NT. > > How does it enforce user-level security? > > Specifically, mapping of user identities for more than a single > default user? > > [ I know it doesn't ... ] While in some applications this kind of security is critical, I think there are enough where it is not that something like ksmbfs would be a worthwhile addition to FreeBSD. Larry