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mekyabetsu
Dec 17, 2018

Is it a good idea to setup a separate group/user for accessing Samba shares? I'm setting up a new file server/home lab, and I've just installed and configured Samba so I can access a ZFS pool from my Windows machines. Currently, I'm just allowing access from my sole admin user because I wasn't sure if dealing with file permissions and ownership issues with a separate user would cause me headaches when copying files from different systems. However, I keep hearing "principle of least privilege" in the back of my mind and wondering if this is a security issue, even though this is a home server that only I have access to. Even if it's not a major security risk in my case, I'm using this as an opportunity to better familiarize myself with Linux admin, so I'd like to follow best practices.

mekyabetsu fucked around with this message at 10:48 on Apr 20, 2024

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