On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:15:29 -0700, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although setting "security=user" does make it so I can specify a user, > it also disables the general guest browsing as well. If I try to browse > to "\\linux" it asks for a password, same with if I try to access the > guest share "\\linux\share". So although this fixes one problem, it > creates another.
Not true. You should still be able to browse with the guest account so long as guest has his samba password set to be blank. Check your /etc/samba/smbusers file. There should be a mapping between a UNIX accound and a samba account for guest. In my case its the nobody account. Switch that username out with a local Linux account that you want to use for guest access (I think the nobody account is a poor choice). So do the following: useradd smbguest passwd smbguest <choose whatever Linux password you want for the account> smbpasswd -a smbguest <make sure the password is blank/null> sed -i 's/nobody/smbguest/g' /etc/samba/smbusers /etc/init.d/smb restart Now test things locally: smbclient -L //localhost -U guest Just hit enter when prompted for a password. All should be well. Now test from a freshly rebooted windows machine. -Bryan .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
