On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Buchan Milne wrote:
> Stew Benedict wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Buchan Milne wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Only problem is that it only authenticates for the share if it can't
> >>connect as guest. So you can't get to your home directory on a samba
> >>server with a homes share but allowing guest access. It would be nice to
> >>be able to set a user-name and password before browsing a machine.
> >>
> >>And it would be nice if *all* password fields used password boxes,
> >>rather than having your password visible in the clear.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Fixed the last item in CVS. The first I'm not sure how to handle. It
> > should be falling back to asking for the username/password after guest
> > browsing fails.
> >
>
> The problem is when guest browsing is ok, but not all shares are visible
> as guest. I am not sure if this is a samba-only feature, but here is a
> guest browsing the default samba setup:
>
> [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ smbclient -L bgmilne
> added interface ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.36 bcast=xxx.xxx.xxx.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password:
> Anonymous login successful
> Domain=[CAE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.6pre2]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.6pre2)
> ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.6pre2)
> xerox Printer
> hp2100 Printer
> hp1200 Printer
> dj970 Printer
> dj1120 Printer
>
>
>
> And here is an autheticated user broswing the same server:
>
> [bgmilne@bgmilne bgmilne]$ smbclient -L bgmilne -U bgmilne
> added interface ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.36 bcast=xxx.xxx.xxx.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password:
> Domain=[CAE] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.6pre2]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.6pre2)
> ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server 2.2.6pre2)
> xerox Printer
> hp2100 Printer
> hp1200 Printer
> dj970 Printer
> dj1120 Printer
> bgmilne Disk Home Directories
>
>
> You will note the additional share available.
>
> It may *only* be a problem against samba servers, but there are lots of
> samba servers around.
>
OK, I see what you're saying. The reason I proposed the changes I did is
because you get this from a true W2K server:
[stew@rs6000 failure]$ smbclient -L ays-w2k
added interface ip=192.168.192.35 bcast=192.168.192.255
nmask=255.255.255.0
Got a positive name query response from 192.168.192.86 ( 192.168.192.86 )
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[AYS] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Server Comment
--------- -------
AYS-W2K
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
AYS AYS-W2K
AYSNET MOE
But at the same time, I can browse "moe", which is an older samba server.
So when the browse attempt returns "NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED", we fall back
to asking for authentication credentials.
I never really thought about people using samba for Linux-Linux file
sharing, but I suppose they do.
Stew Benedict
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