I'm in an AD environment, with a samba server a member of the domain, and I'm trying to create a guest-level/read-only share accesssible by *anyone*. The purpose of this share is a network distribution point for .msi package deployment via AD Group Policy. My relevant smb.conf bits are: [global] guest account = nobody map to guest = Bad User [deploy] [msi] comment = Software Deployment path = /foo/deploy force user = nobody read only = yes browseable = no guest ok = yes guest only = yes Now, I can access this \\server\deploy share from almost anywhere logged in as almost anyone, *except* if I'm logged in as local\Administrator. Unforatunately, it appears that when local machine try to use the share for software deployment, they are also accessing it as the local Administrator account. I believe the root cause of failure is that the domain\Administrator account in our AD is either disabled or locked-out (and I don't have the rights to modify that global account as a lowly OU Admin). Any ideas on how to grant access to this share to client machines for Group Policy software deployment purposes? -- Rex
Rex Dieter
2005-Oct-07 22:14 UTC
[Samba] Re: guest share not working (for Disabled accounts)
Rex Dieter wrote:> Unforatunately, it appears that when local machine try to use the share > for software deployment, they are also accessing it as the local > Administrator account.More snooping determined this not to be the case, but that the "Local System" account is used for access creditials. -- Rex