Dave,
Irving, Dave wrote:
Now im really confused... I thought that the guest account was supposed to exist in /etc/passwd? I've obviously got the wrong end of the stick from the docs I've read.
No, as soon a you use a user that exists either in /etc/passwd or smbpasswd you have to auth. the user.
So what should guest account be? If its not meant to be in /etc/passwd or
smbpasswd, should it just be a random name? (If so, I tried that - and I
still got challenged for a user name / password...?)
AFAIK guest doesn't work if you want to modify files/directories.
Try adding the following section to your smb.conf
[publicShare] path = /home/public browseable = Yes writeable = No guest ok = Yes
then kill all smbd/nmbd processes or restart xinetd if xinetd serves your samba.
Hth
Alex
