samba - Feb 2002 - Samba home directory access without passwords

Hi there,

I wonder if you can help,

We have an application that requires a users home directory to be accessible
even though they are not setup as a linux user. eg:

stuart is on his windows machine (logged in as stuart)
he goes through the network to find his samba server
on the samba server he finds the folder 'stuart' and can read and write
to
it,
but he does not have a linux account setup.

Is this possible?

thanks a mil,
stuart.

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Only if you have another server which keeps his username and password - 
this would have to be NT, 2000 or Samba OR

If you want no protection of his files by anyone else - Including walk-by 
hackers, or if you have any insecurities in your server - net-based hackers.

If you do want this last one, you need to set up an smbuser unix and smb 
account, map samba's guest user to it, and in the share, set guest ok = yes.

Martyn

At 10:51 AM 2/15/02 +0000, Stuart Otway wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I wonder if you can help,
>
>We have an application that requires a users home directory to be accessible
>even though they are not setup as a linux user. eg:
>
>stuart is on his windows machine (logged in as stuart)
>he goes through the network to find his samba server
>on the samba server he finds the folder 'stuart' and can read and
write to
>it,
>but he does not have a linux account setup.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>thanks a mil,
>stuart.
>
>********************************************
>
>MoveAssist International Ltd
>Ickleford Manor
>Turnpike Lane
>Ickleford, Hitchin
>Herts SG5 3XE
>United Kingdom
>Tel: ++44 1462 452186
>Fax: ++44 1462 455164
>
>
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>The information in this email is intended only for the addressee named
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Martyn Ranyard

I am not a member of the samba team,
and anything that I say may not be as
accurate as a response from one of the
team.  I reply to save those more
qualified time, which can more usefully
be spent developing SAMBA further.