Thank you, but could you document that like: Note: If you use "valid users" in the global section, include the guest account because that's is needed, e.g., to accept LMB queries.
in the smb.conf man page? WM Andrew Bartlett wrote: >Willi Mann wrote: > > >>Hi! >> >>My problem: >> >>I have a network with many workgroups and my samba server 3.0alpha21cvs >>is the only member of one of that workgroups. >>If I went to the network neighborhood and tried to open the workgroup of >>my samba server I got an error message saying that the workgroup >>"mygroup" was not available. >>So I minimized the settings in the global section of my smb.conf and I >>was able to open "mygroup". >>I reactivated the most important options like "interfaces" and "hosts >>allow", which didn't seem to be the problem. >>But when I reactivated "valid users" containing 4 users, I was not able >>to browse "mygroup" any more. >> >>So, is it possible, that the ability to open a workgroup with only one >>samba server depends on the value of "valid users"? >>Do you have any other ideas, how to solve that problem? >> >> > >A *global* 'valid users' will need to include the guest account, as this >is how some of these operations are conducted. > >Andrew Bartlett > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
