Believe it or not, I changed the: security = server and kept my: map to guest: bad user
and could not access the machine at all anymore from the xp boxes. "Galloway, Cherie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I had the same issue with windows XP In your Global settings if you have security = server you can set Your map to guest = bad user. You can see what this does in the man pages for smb.conf. Hope this helps Cherie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Twang Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Samba] Re: Newbie: Directory Not Accessible Yes, I am trying to allow guest access to the new share, just like what I had setup with the /tmp share. Here is the smb.conf as requested: [global] workgroup = Radio server string = hosts allow = 192.168.0. 192.168.10. printcap name = /etc/printcap cups options = raw guest account = pcguest log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd max log size = 1000 security = user socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 domain master = no dns proxy = no winbind uid = 16777216-33554431 winbind gid = 16777216-33554431 restrict anonymous = no preferred master = no netbios name = Rivendell max protocol = NT map to guest = Bad User guest ok = yes case sensitive = no msdfs proxy = no create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 use sendfile = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = yes printable = yes [snd] read only = no path = /var/snd public = yes guest ok = yes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deryck Hodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.network.samba.general Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:39 AM Subject: Re: Newbie: Directory Not Accessible > On 1/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am a newbie to samba. I have successfully setup a similar samba share >> on 1 machine in the past. >> >> I have everything setup as User access with the pcguest as a guest >> account. If I create a share to >> the /tmp, network users can access normally. I created a directory >> /var/snd and set permissions to >> be rwxrwxrwx. I changed the smb.conf so that permission were identical to >> the share for /tmp. I >> restarted samba. But, Windows XP network users cannot access this public >> share (while they can >> still hit the share to /tmp). Both shares are visible on the network. >> >> This has got to be obvious to others, but I don't get it. It has to be a >> security setting. I can >> post the smb.conf here, but it is so basic, that it would probably be >> meaningless. >> > > Are you trying to allow guest access to the new share just like with > the /tmp share? Go ahead and post the smb.conf, too. > > Cheers, > deryck > > -- > Deryck Hodge > http://www.devurandom.org/ > http://www.samba.org/ > > "Aimless days, uncool ways of decathecting" --Mike Doughty (2005) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba ===================================== This message was sent from First Citizens Bank. Contact us about your banking needs at 1-888-FC DIRECT (1-888-323-4732). ------------------------------------------------------------ This electronic mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the electronic mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this electronic mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this electronic mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return mail. ======================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
