On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the shares listed.
Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- data Disk data drive IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in my smb.conf that would create these. Also I don't know why Network Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in smb.conf or ADMIN$. Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the mailing list. Any ideas? Larry On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: >Hi Lary > >You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press >enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go >to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the >login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) > >As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's >default security model is "User", which closely resembles a Windows NT >server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you >wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to "share", >but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with >those mysterious password issues. > > > >On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: >> I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly >> book >> "Using Samba" first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. >> The windows machine uses windows 98SE. >> >> The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 >> and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 >> had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network >> Neighborhood. >> It it does appear in NN and also using the command "net view". >> >> Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I >> have setup. >> When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. >> >> The instructions say that >> "We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but >> there are some password >> issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and >> authentification. For the moment, >> this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share." >> >> This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand >> yet and want to get straight later. >> >> Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? >> How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management? >> >> Here is the short smb.conf: >> >> [global] >> netbios name = linda >> server string = Samba %v on %L >> workgroup = lanet >> >> [data] >> path = /export/data >> comment = data drive >> volume = sample-data-drive >> writable = yes >> guest ok = yes >> >> I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. >> >> Larry Alkoff >> >> >> >> >> >> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba