smb

[Benjamin Minshall]

You have to create a NULL password entry in the smbpasswd file for
your particular user.  As root, run "smbpasswd -n <username>" to set
a user's password to NULL.

Marcel Kunath wrote:

> Having little problem.
>
> I created a samba file. All I intend to try is share a drive from server to win
> client without having the windows user provide a password to samba.
>
> I created a guest user on windows box. I created the following samba file but
> it always asks for a password. I thought 'nobody' was supposed to take care of
> that???
>
> [global]
>    workgroup = scarfy
>    guest account = nobody
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
>    smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>    hosts allow = 192.168.10.
>    interfaces = 192.168.10.1/255.255.255.0
>    browseable = yes
>
> [data]
>    path = /drive
>    comment = Data Drive
>    volume = Sample-Data-Drive
>    writeable = yes
>    guest ok = yes
>
> I can get the drive shared another way but I don't understand why nobody
> doesn't authenticate this. I got second user created with password set on win
> box and smbpasswd the same and it can share the drive just fine of course.
> Still shouldn't nobody make it possible to guest-share any specified drive
> without password authentication?
>
> mk
>
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Benjamin Minshall
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