On Saturday 22,May,2010 01:40 AM, KaOSoFt wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: nautilus-share
> 
> Whenever I share a folder through the right-click option on Nautilus,
> even if I set it to allow guests, this shared folder will always ask me
> for a username/password on any Windows machine (I've tried XP, Vista,
> and 7), and it won't even ask me for this data if I try to access it
> from another Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

What happens when accessing from another Ubuntu installation then, if it doesn't
ask you for your credentials?

>>From what I've gathered, both smb.conf files (in /etc/samba/ and in
> /usr/share/samba/) are untouched, which makes it look like the extension
> isn't working. On Ubuntu 9.10 this worked the first time I tried it, but
> no idea what might be happening here on 10.04.
> 
> I order for it to work, I have to add it manually to the smb.conf file,
> allowing guests, and also using "force user =", otherwise just as guests
> it'd keep asking for the username/password.
> 
> I attached the "testparm -s" output, and here's the package versions:

Could you post the output of "net usershare info" please?

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Kind regards,
Chow Loong Jin

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Nautilus share option doesn't allow guests
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