[Samba] anonymous samba server with unauthenticated guest access policy

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:39:00 +0300
Michael Tokarev via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> What's the best way to have an anonymous samba server (with read-only
> shares only, users can't modify anything) with todays windows which
> block unauthenticated guest access by default and require signing?
> 
> Is the only solution (besides unblocking which is not nice) is to add
> this server to the domain in question?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> /mjt
> 

Hi Michael, it is my understanding that if it is the Windows machine
that has guest access turned off, then there is nothing that Samba can
do to re-enable it, so you must use authenticated users.

Rowland