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...sers = meecect create mask = 0774 directory mask = 0775 This let me browse the shares, but when I try to connect, a windows authentication box appears with the username area pre-filled and grayed out so I can't change the username. The username it had filled in was SERVERNAME\GUEST_ACCOUNT, where SERVERNAME was the name of the linux box, and GUEST_ACCOUNT is the name of a guest account I have on my PC. Any hints?

...0750 ;*******************section printers***************** [printers] create mask = 0700 comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes ;*******************section Windows HD***************** [Windows HD] path = /mnt/windows guest ok = yes guest_account = nobody writeable = yes ;*******************section public***************** [public] comment = Public Stuff browseable = yes path = /home/public public = yes printable = no write list = @users writeable = yes I would greatly appreciate any help that can be provided on this issue. Thx, Caleb Ha...

...***********section netlogon***************** [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /home/samba/netlogon guest ok = yes writable = no share modes = no ;*******************section profiles***************** [profiles] comment = Directory Profiles path = /home/samba/profiles guest ok = yes guest_account = nobody writeable = yes create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 ;*******************section printers***************** [printers] comment = All Printers browseable = no path = /tmp printable = yes public = no writable = no create mode = 0700 ;*******************section cdrom***************** [cd...

...o the system, but you should add the guest account manually to the list of valid users ('valid users') to make it actually work. In our example, config file sentence would be: valid users = @smbusr nobody Or, in a more generic form: valid users = <your_intended_valid_users> <guest_account> Of course, you should restart samba ('/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart' in my redhat system) for make the changes current. Other considerations: . 'map to guest' can be left in its default value: 'never'. This does not weaken security, and everything works in my system wi...