[Samba] 2k and 9x connect and print, XP won't
* To: "'Samba Mailing List'" <samba at listsdotsambadotorg> * Subject: [Samba] 2k and 9x connect and print, XP won't * From: "Eric Geater 11/10/03" <egeater at mscoincdotcom> * Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:58:24 -0600
Good day!
I am running Samba3 on a Mandrake 9.1 box. Right now, I have "security
= user", but am not using any password authentication yet. I have 95
and 98 computers that can reach the shares available and print to the
installed printer, and even a Windows 2000 user can do all of this.
However, an XP computer I have can't go there. I double-click
"DRAKEJAX" (the netbios name), and it prompts me for a username and
password.
"security = user" *is* telling Samba to ask for username/password-type authentication.
By default, WinXP uses the loginname of the user to try and authenticate to a remote service like Samba. If that doesn't work, you get the prompt.
You can try this:
* check if a user named "nobody" is set up on your system * set "guest user = nobody" in smb.conf * set "map to guest = bad user" in smb.conf
This will automatically use the "nobody" credentials (=guest) and remove the prompt. Read what "man smb.conf" has to say about "map to guest = bad user"!
Since you don't provide any config details this is all help you can expect here. No idea why your W2K can access the share.
No matter what user/pass combo I use, from XP I cannot get there.
Anyone have a similar experience? Maybe a solution, too? Thanks!
Eric
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