HI I have been working with NT, Samba and win 9x for a couple of years. Any time an NT server is set to Domain security, or a Samba server is set to anything but share level security I have problems. My problem is this. I want to allow a diverse groupe of machines to connect to the samba server using user level access, but it always askes me for a password to connect to \\SERVER\IPC$, but no password I use works. This happens with NT and Samba, so I know it isn't a bug. What exactly is the IPC$ share and why does it show up in user security, but not share level? How can I get rid of it so that anyone can browse my shares (but be required to provide a user name and password to connect to a share). This has always anoied me in NT when I wanted to browse a domain controler from a machine that wasn't in that domain. I know that there are certain security concerns, but I understand those. I prefer to secure individual shares rather then keeping a list of shares from getting out. While I'm asking is there anyway I can disable this in NT next time I need to? Thanks Cris Wade
Hi everyone.
Exactly what is IPC$ I know it's a share, I know it's intimately
connected
with browsing. Judging from
if (strequal("IPC$",lp_servicename(snum))) type = STYPE_IPC;
in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/samba-2.0.3/source/smbd/ipc.c and
#define STYPE_IPC 3 /* Interprocess communication (IPC) */
#define STYPE_HIDDEN 0x80000000 /* share is a hidden one (ends with $) */
in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/samba-2.0.3/source/include/smb.h, I'd imagine
it's a hidden interprocess communication share dealing with named pipes,
but that really doesn't help me understand its use in Samba. I've
searched
all the docs and the samba.org website, and the last few weeks of the Samba
mailing list and comp.protocols.smb, and none of it helped.
Could someone clue me in? Yes, I know it's a dumb question, but I don't
know the answer.
Thanks
Steve Litt