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IchiroA1's avatar
IchiroA1
Aspirant
Oct 28, 2013

Admin access to all data via SMB

Hi,

Is there any way for a superuser (root?) to gain access to all shares including all of the home folders via SMB?

Thanks!

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  • IchiroA wrote:
    Is there any way for a superuser (root?) to gain access to all shares including all of the home folders via SMB?

    If you really mean "any way"... Well, of course a superuser with SSH access to the NAS can modify the samba configuration file to export any directory. So yes.

    But if you're asking whether any user has access by default to all home directories via SMB, no.
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Admin does have access to all the home folders, but root is not configured as a user in SAMBA.
  • I'll check the admin login again, I thought it didn't give me access but I might have missed it.

    Thanks!
    Ichiro
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    accessing the drive by \\IP\C using admin credentials should show you the home directory.

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