On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 01:00:51PM -0700, Xamindar wrote: > Hi, I have asked around in other forums but no one seems to know why > this doesn't work. > > I have a backup server with samba on it and am trying to set it up to > only allow write access when a user authenticates but to allow reading > from anyone (guest). At this time I have guest disabled and a minimal > config set up as shown below to try to narrow down the problem. > > I have added the user "xamindar" using smbpasswd on the server. I then > tried to mount the backup share from another machine with the following > command: > mount -t cifs //chiroru/backup /mnt/temp -o username=xamindar > > But I keep getting the following response: > mount error(13): Permission denied > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > > Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here? I am sure I have missed > something. It is possible to authenticate per share with share level > security is it not? I just can't get authentication to work no matter > what I have tried on this machine. With guest enabled it will just use > the guest account and that works fine. > Thanks for any help, I am pulling my hair out here.
Share level security doesn't automatically mean no password. Either use the password for user xamindar, or add "map to guest = Bad Password" in the [global] section of your smb.conf. See the smb.conf man page for details. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
