Samba: Co-administrator privilege Jacques Gelinas 11.. OOvveerrvviieeww A Co-administrator is allowed to configure the samba service from his normal user account (or from the web) without knowing the root password. The co-administrator is allowed to manage all area of the samba server. 22.. BBeewwaarree The co-administrator is allowed to manage all area of the samba server. Unfortunately, this means the co-administrator may very use this power to grab more power, ultimately taking over the root account. As such, this privilege should be granted only to trusted co- administrators. The linuxconf-groupware module is probably more appropriate and should be reviewed before granting this privilege.