Windows connecting as nobody

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed Mar 3 15:32:47 GMT 2004


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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Tom Alsberg wrote:

> What are the known reasons a Windows (XP) client might invoke some
> operations on the server as nobody (that is - guest), even though it has
> a connection open?
> 
> My specific problem is printing.  Users try to print, and sometimes it
> is sent as nobody and thus they cannot (print quota).

The Windows spooler often makes anonymous connections.  Best 
recommendation would be to not allow public access to printers
and don't set 'map to guest' in smb.conf.  

There's a lot more to it but this is a good place to start.





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