samba - May 2005 - How to force XP to use an unqualified username?

Hi,

I'm trying to map a share to a samba server from an XP workstation. The
Samba server is a domain member, and the share in question is set up for
guest access.
>From a linux box, I can run "smbclient -W DOMAIN \\server\share",
and it
prompts for a password. I hit enter, and it logs in as "anonymous".
Looking at a packet trace I see it try to log in as "DOMAIN\username"
(where username is just my login to the Linux machine) which fails, then
"anonymous", which works fine.
>From an XP box, logged on as *local* Administrator, but joined to the
DOMAIN, I do:-

net use k: \\server\share /user:anonymous

This fails, and a packet trace shows the damn thing insists on trying to
connect as MACHINE\anonymous. Any idea how I can force it to connect
without the netbios name of the machine stuck on the front?

Mike.

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to map a share to a samba server from an XP workstation. The
> Samba server is a domain member, and the share in question is set up for
> guest access.
> 
>>From a linux box, I can run "smbclient -W DOMAIN
\\server\share", and it
> prompts for a password. I hit enter, and it logs in as
"anonymous".
> Looking at a packet trace I see it try to log in as
"DOMAIN\username"
> (where username is just my login to the Linux machine) which fails, then
> "anonymous", which works fine.
> 
>>From an XP box, logged on as *local* Administrator, but joined to the
> DOMAIN, I do:-
> 
> net use k: \\server\share /user:anonymous
> 
> This fails, and a packet trace shows the damn thing insists on trying to
> connect as MACHINE\anonymous. Any idea how I can force it to connect
> without the netbios name of the machine stuck on the front?
> 
> Mike.
I don't know about actually omitting the netbios name altogther, but you 
can try `net use k: \\server\share /user:domain\anonymous'

The other thing that you can do is use the password manager in XP to tell it 
to use a specific user when connecting to that server. Also, you can use the 
"guest ok = yes" on the share definition to allow any user to connect 
without a password.

Hope this is of some help,

Theodore Charles III
Network Administrator
Los Angeles Senior High