Guest accounts???
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at pcug.org.au
Fri Sep 14 00:22:05 GMT 2001
Dennis Micheelsen wrote:
>
> Hejsa/Hello Karyn,
>
> reply on Thursday, September 13, 2001, 9:11:22 PM:
>
> Karyn> Hi --
>
> Karyn> 1. Before I upgraded to version 2.2.1 my users were
> Karyn> able to access the server without entering a
> Karyn> password. They only had to enter their password
> Karyn> whenever they tried to access the share. Just
> Karyn> like connecting to any other NT server. Now
> Karyn> when someone connects to \\servername they are
> Karyn> immediately prompted for a password. Any ideas?
>
> Karyn> 2. Another closely related issue (I think) is
> Karyn> that my customers also used to be able to access
> Karyn> a certain share that has "guest allow = Yes"
> Karyn> without passing. Now it asks for a password.
>
> Karyn> Here are my [Global] and guest share entries:
>
> Karyn> [global]
> Karyn> workgroup = DOMAIN
> Karyn> netbios name = NAME
> Karyn> server string = Samba %v on (%L)
> Karyn> min passwd length = 6
> Karyn> log level = 1
> Karyn> log file = /net/adm/samba/samba.log.%L
> Karyn> local master = No
> Karyn> wins server = 131.101.208.195
> Karyn> homedir map = u_auto
> Karyn> NIS homedir = Yes
> Karyn> hosts allow = ###.###.
>
> Karyn> [wirelist]
> Karyn> comment = Xwire directory
> Karyn> path = /net/wirelist
> Karyn> read only = No
> Karyn> writeable = Yes
> Karyn> create mask = 0664
> Karyn> guest ok = Yes
> Karyn> guest only = Yes
>
> try setting _security_ to USER in the global section
The this is incorrect. The correct way to retain the status-qo is to
set security = share (assuming a pre 2.0 server before the upgrade). In
this mode passwords apply only when required, as you were expecting.
Andrew Bartlett
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