[Samba] Is it possible to specify Username/Password in a UNC when connecting to a samba server from W2K?

[Steve Williams]

Hi,

I guess in retrospect I should have given more details...

I have the samba server set up such that:

[global]
    map to guest = Bad User
    guest account = a_valid_unix_account

[some_share]
    path = /somepath
    guest ok = Yes
    read only = Yes
    write list =  special_user

I am talking about a network of  ultimately 200 Samba servers connected 
in a star configuration (all over IPSEC VPN) with our support office 
being the center of the star.  I do not want to have to maintain user 
accounts on all 200 Samba servers for all of our support people, with 
the associated pain of adding/deleting users, etc (I know, rsync, etc, 
but I want to avoid all that...)

Anyone can browse to the server and if they are an unkown username, they 
gets mapped to the guest account which gives READ ONLY access to 
"some_share".  This is perfectly acceptable and safe, no-one can 
accidentally delete things, there's nothing confidential on the share, 
so read only is perfect. 

Under certain circumstances, they will need to be able to delete files 
off of these same shares, which can be accomplished by logging into the 
remote samba server as the "special_user" which is explicitly given 
write permission to the share.  No problem with either "Net Use" or 
Windows Explorer, Map Network Drive...

BUT... and there is always a BUT...

I am trying to do this through a browser interface to simplify 
everything.  I am setting up a central intranet web site that will give 
access to SWAT on each of the servers, AND allow the user to browse the 
remote samba server ( and lot of other stuff as well, VNC, etc)

For swat, I have http://remote_host_name:901/
For the shares, I have "file://remote_host_name/"

This works perfectly EXCEPT for the situation where the users need write 
access to the remote shares.  I was hoping that there would be a "slick" 
way to say "file://remote_host_name%username/" and have the dialog box 
pop up prompting for password.  Since this is a (hopefully)! secure vpn 
environment behind Cisco PIX & Cisco VPN concentrator, I would even be 
happy with something that would embed the password.

A MUCH less clean solution, and my fall-back plan, would be to put two 
shares that point at the same directory.  The first share would say 
"guest ok = yes", "read only = yes", which would allow browsing, and the 
second share would say "guest ok = no", "read only = no" which would 
then cause the "Connect As" dialog box to appear (because of unknown 
username).

Anyway, hope that clarifies things...

Thanks for any input,
Steve Williams


bkrusic at yahoo.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Mebbe I don't understand but try this;
>
>smbmount //foo/bar -o username=foo password-bar
>
>I use this to cross mount servers of various types for
>sym link integrity.  My way of load balancing.
>Bri-
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