I tried this exact configuration:
Try adding the following section to your smb.conf
[publicShare]
path = /home/public
browseable = Yes
writeable = No
guest ok = Yes
... Users were still challenged for a password :o(
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Apprich [mailto:a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 March 2005 14:50
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Browse Samba server from XP
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
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