5 Security related server options

This section is a non-exhaustive list of basic options that relate to the security and privacy of a Samba server. For each option, please read the appropriate part of the man page of smb.conf.

 5.1 browseable
 5.2 create mask
 5.3 directory mask
 5.4 encrypt passwords
 5.5 force group
 5.6 force user
 5.7 guest account
 5.8 guest ok
 5.9 hosts allow
 5.10 hosts deny
 5.11 invalid users
 5.12 log level
 5.13 read only
 5.14 root directory
 5.15 valid users
 5.16 write list