Greetings, I'm having difficulty setting up an 'Anonymous Read-Write' SAMBA server on a new system with a stock FC2 installation for use with WinXP Pro systems.
I'm using the following software on the 'fileserver': - Linux FC2 installed from the FC2 iso's: kernel 2.6.5-1.358 - samba-common-3.0.3-5 - samba-3.0.3-5 - samba-client-3.0.3-5 - samba-swat-3.0.3-5 - system-config-samba-1.2.9-2 Following the instructions and examples in the official SAMBA howto, I'm under the impression that I want a smb.conf file such as: # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MSHOME netbios name = FILESERVER security = SHARE [data] comment = Data path = /export force user = nobody force group = nobody read only = No guest ok = Yes The problem I'm running into is that when I attempt to connect to the share from a WinXP Pro system by simply using the address \\fileserver in an explorer window, I immediately get a 'Connect to fileserver' window from WinXP with a greyed out username set to 'fileserver\Guest' and asking for a password. I'm confused - the whole point of setting up an anonymous read/write server was to avoid having to put user accounts on the samba server. I've found that if I open up the address \\fileserver\data I can connect with no user/pass request. I've also found that if I'm logged into the WinXP system as user 'Tim' and I create a user 'tim' on the samba server, I am not prompted for a user/pass. Both of these solutions are unacceptable for what I'm trying to accomplish. All the howto's and examples I've found regarding anonymous samba servers mention nothing about this problem. Any explanation / advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks, Tim -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
