You have security=user. If you don't want passwords, set security=share. Trey Nolen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Aggarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Samba mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:08 PM Subject: [Samba] WIndows 98 asking for a password > Hello: > > I have a brother HL-1440 laser printer set-up and working fine on my > RedHat 7.3 Linux box. The printer queue is named brotherLaser. > > I added a samba share for the printer with these options > in my smb.conf file: > [brotherLaser] > path = /var/spool/lpd/brotherLaser > writable = yes > comment = Brother Laser Printer > printable = yes > public = yes > > I then went to a windows 98 machine and tried to set-up a > network printer with the path \\192.168.1.1\brotherLaser > > I installed the driver from the cdrom that came with the printer > and everything seemed to work just fine. > > But, when I look at the printer, it says that it is offline. > When I try to connect to it, it asks me for a password. > No matter what I enter, it says the password is not correct. > > I have samba set to allow for null passwords and the printer > is public, so anyone on the network should be able to > print to it without a password, correct? > > Here is my global tag: > [global] > smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > pam password change = yes > printing = lprng > dns proxy = no > null passwords = yes > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > printcap name = /etc/printcap > obey pam restrictions = yes > debug level = 10 > passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n > *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* > security = user > unix password sync = Yes > server string = Samba Server > workgroup = MYGROUP > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > load printers = yes > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Neil. > > -- > Neil Aggarwal > JAMM Consulting, Inc. (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com > Custom Internet Development Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
