I added the following to [publicShare] guest ok = true guest account = nobody guest only = true I then restarted samba. However, Im still getting challenged for a user name / password when trying to connect? Is there something else I need to do? Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Apprich [mailto:a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 01 March 2005 13:41 To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Browse Samba server from XP Irving, Dave wrote: > Ah... Its got a bit more interesting... > My server is now showing up when I explore the windows workgroup. > I've added a public share area, with this config: > > [publicShare] > readOnly = No > public = Yes > browseable = Yes > writeable = Yes > path = /home/public > > I can log in no problem if I supply my samba user name / password. > The problem Im having is that if someone unknown to samba tries to > access the share from an XP box, they are challenged for a username / password. > I've set my "guest account" to "nobody" - and there is an entry for > nobody in /etc/passwd - but other than that I've made no alterations. > Is there something else I need to set-up to allow anonymous access? you're missing the guest ok = yes in your section. From smb.conf Sections may be designated guest services, in which case no password is required to access them. A specified UNIX guest account is used to define access privileges in this case. > Thanks, > > Dave > > Hth Alex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.
