Hi all,
I've just installed Samba on my SuSE-Linux computer (in an
WIN98-environment). So far most things work all right, but I've got
problems with the 'guest ok' option. Isn't this the option to
enable connecting to a share without needing a username or password? When
trying to connect to this share with a username not known to the samba
server, the Windows-client asks for a password; just
pressing RETURN doesn't help, connection is refused. When I try to connect
to this share using my regular username/password combination, everything
works well. But this is definitely not an anonymous guest-login ! What's
my problem?
Astonishingly, connecting anonymously to the share is possible using the
smbclient program on the server itself: the server asks for a
password, but just pressing RETURN is accepted and an anonmyous connection
is established.
Here's my smb.config:
[global]
workgroup = XXX
netbios name = XXX
encrypt passwords = Yes
debug level = 2
log file = /var/samba/log/samba.log
local master = No
lock directory = /var/samba/locks
guest account = ftp
min print space = 2000
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
[public]
comment = data transfer for guests
path = /home/public
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
[userX]
comment = data transfer for userX
path = /home/userX/export
valid users = userX
writeable = Yes
[printers]
path = /var/spool/public
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
It would help me a lot if you could shed some light on my problem.
Best regards
Marc