samba - Jul 2002 - If in [global] <guest ok = yes> why do I get an authe ntication sc reen when accessing from NT box?

To force guest access to a share, you need both

guest ok = yes
guest only = yes

Otherwise it will try and authenticate you first before
dropping you to guest.  If this doesn't work, possibly 
you don't have a valid guest account set.  If no account
is set as the guest account (on the linux machine) it will
use the user "nobody".
> -Larry Engleman
> The Burgiss Group
> 201-795-5144

-----Original Message-----
From: Clay, John [mailto:John.Clay@lfr.com]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:41 PM
To: Samba. Org (E-mail)
Subject: [Samba] If in [global] <guest ok = yes> why do I get an
authentication sc reen when accessing from NT box?


> My simple samba file is:
> 
> [global}
> 	workgroup = LFRG-TLH
> 	netbios name = HUMPHRY
> 	guest ok = yes
> 
> [test]
> 	path = palmdata
> 	read only = no
> 	guest ok = yes
> 
> When I try to access HUMPHRY from my NT-SP6a box I am confronted with a
> login dialog requesting username and password. I'm sure this isn't
> supposed to happen - I should get access without any credentials.
> 
> If, again from my NT-SP6a box, I then enter a root level username and
> password then I get access. That's doesn't seem right either
'cause I have
> commented out the encrypt password = yes line.
> 
> If I do the same from a different NT-SP6a box I get rejected. Seems to me
> that that's the only correct operation so far except that if I add the
> encrypt password = yes line I still get rejected.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light this?? I'm baffled.
> 
> Puzzled Pengin in the Panhandle
> 
> John Clay
> Tallahassee, FL
> 
> 
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Larry Engleman wrote:
> 
> To force guest access to a share, you need both
> 
> guest ok = yes
> guest only = yes
> 
> Otherwise it will try and authenticate you first before
> dropping you to guest.  If this doesn't work, possibly
> you don't have a valid guest account set.  If no account
> is set as the guest account (on the linux machine) it will
> use the user "nobody".
However, it still needs to 'log in' to the server.  This is what causes
the dialog box.  This can be avoided by setting 'security=share', which
removes the while concept of users and logins.  NT will try and access
the share without a password (or with any password, it doesn't matter)
and becouse we now know what share we are using, we can let the user in.

Andrew Bartlett
> > -Larry Engleman
> > The Burgiss Group
> > 201-795-5144
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clay, John [mailto:John.Clay@lfr.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:41 PM
> To: Samba. Org (E-mail)
> Subject: [Samba] If in [global] <guest ok = yes> why do I get an
> authentication sc reen when accessing from NT box?
> 
> > My simple samba file is:
> >
> > [global}
> >       workgroup = LFRG-TLH
> >       netbios name = HUMPHRY
> >       guest ok = yes
> >
> > [test]
> >       path = palmdata
> >       read only = no
> >       guest ok = yes
> >
> > When I try to access HUMPHRY from my NT-SP6a box I am confronted with
a
> > login dialog requesting username and password. I'm sure this
isn't
> > supposed to happen - I should get access without any credentials.
> >
> > If, again from my NT-SP6a box, I then enter a root level username and
> > password then I get access. That's doesn't seem right either
'cause I have
> > commented out the encrypt password = yes line.
> >
> > If I do the same from a different NT-SP6a box I get rejected. Seems to
me
> > that that's the only correct operation so far except that if I add
the
> > encrypt password = yes line I still get rejected.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light this?? I'm baffled.
> >
> > Puzzled Pengin in the Panhandle
> >
> > John Clay
> > Tallahassee, FL
> >
> >
> 
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Hello Larry,

I have a question about this.

What if the share we are talking about here has "guest ok = yes" only,
and
we have defined "guest account = guest".
And we also have created an user "guest" with no password and have
added the
line "null passwords = yes" to the smb.conf?

Will this also work?

Eddie.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Engleman" <larry@burgiss.com>
To: "Samba. Org (E-mail)" <samba@lists.samba.org>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Samba] If in [global] <guest ok = yes> why do I get an
authentication sc reen when accessing from NT box?

> To force guest access to a share, you need both
>
> guest ok = yes
> guest only = yes
>
> Otherwise it will try and authenticate you first before
> dropping you to guest.  If this doesn't work, possibly
> you don't have a valid guest account set.  If no account
> is set as the guest account (on the linux machine) it will
> use the user "nobody".
>
> > -Larry Engleman
> > The Burgiss Group
> > 201-795-5144
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clay, John [mailto:John.Clay@lfr.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 2:41 PM
> To: Samba. Org (E-mail)
> Subject: [Samba] If in [global] <guest ok = yes> why do I get an
> authentication sc reen when accessing from NT box?
>
>
>
> > My simple samba file is:
> >
> > [global}
> > workgroup = LFRG-TLH
> > netbios name = HUMPHRY
> > guest ok = yes
> >
> > [test]
> > path = palmdata
> > read only = no
> > guest ok = yes
> >
> > When I try to access HUMPHRY from my NT-SP6a box I am confronted with
a
> > login dialog requesting username and password. I'm sure this
isn't
> > supposed to happen - I should get access without any credentials.
> >
> > If, again from my NT-SP6a box, I then enter a root level username and
> > password then I get access. That's doesn't seem right either
'cause I
have
> > commented out the encrypt password = yes line.
> >
> > If I do the same from a different NT-SP6a box I get rejected. Seems to
me
> > that that's the only correct operation so far except that if I add
the
> > encrypt password = yes line I still get rejected.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light this?? I'm baffled.
> >
> > Puzzled Pengin in the Panhandle
> >
> > John Clay
> > Tallahassee, FL
> >
> >
>
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