On Tue 02/12/08 07:38 , Bill Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: > Ian Collins wrote: > > Bill Shannon wrote:
>> From a user's point of view, what's the difference between share-level >> access that doesn't require a password and anonymous access? >> > > The latter does not require a login? > > Well, then that must be what I'm using, because I'm never required to > login. I think that was the point I made to you earlier; once windows has connected to a share as a user without a password, it will always reconnect without asking. So all that's required is the creation of a "guest" user with no password on the server. > Are you sure the user interface isn't hiding a protocol level > requirementto login as guest? I sometimes do need to tell it to connect as > guest, > but I certainly never have to supply a password. > Which is exactly what happens when you connect as a user without a password. -- Ian. _______________________________________________ cifs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss
