Seeing SAMBA in embedded device from vista

[Rubén Lagar]

I have read everywhere that

security=user

is preferred by developers and recommended, but I have not found any way
to achieve the same effect. If I use that option, Vista always is asking
me for an username and a password, so then people who wants to use my
device has to know those params. I have looked for a solution in google
and in mail archives, but I have not found anything. Maybe it is a
newbie question, but that is what I am.

About what I asked first in my email, could you please help me with
something?

I apologize if I should not ask these type of things in this list, but I
am really stuck and I don't know how to go forward.



Volker Lendecke escribió:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:40:50AM +0200, Rubén Lagar wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am working on a embedded linux device with an arm processor. This
>> devices creates a dedicated network with a generic computer with Windows
>> Vista.
>>
>> I have succesfully built samba for it, and runned it with commands:
>>
>> smbd -D
>> nmbd -D
>>
>> My configuration file is like this:
>>
>> [global]
>>     netbios name = MYDEVICE
>>     name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast
>>    workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>    server string = Samba Server
>>    security = share
>>    load printers = no
>>    guest account = root
>>    log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>>    max log size = 50
>>    interfaces = 1.1.1.1/24
>>    wins support = yes
>>    dns proxy = no
>>
>> [public]
>>    path = /
>>    public = yes
>>    only guest = yes
>>    writable = yes
>>    printable = no
>>
>>
>> So in Windows Vista I can see files in the device through the path
>> \\1.1.1.1. Also I can see my device in "My network places" as
>> "MYDEVICE", but when I try to access files with this path (e.g
>> "\\MYDEVICE\public\smb.conf") I am always getting an error "Windows can
>> not access \\MYDEVICE, check name and network are right".
>>
>> Please, whan am I doing wrong? I have also tried with other
>> configurations like:
>>
>> [global]
>>     netbios name = MYDEVICE
>>     remote announce = 1.1.1.2
>>    workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>    server string = Samba Server
>>    security = share
>>    load printers = no
>>    guest account = root
>>    log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>>    max log size = 50
>>    interfaces = 1.1.1.1/24
>>    local master = yes
>>    os level = 33
>>    preferred master = yes
>>    wins support = yes
>>    dns proxy = no
>>
>>
>> But I cannot get it to work properly. I am stuck. Could somebody please
>> help me with this? Thank you!!
>>
>>  
>>     
>
> Don't use security=share. There are other tricks to achieve
> a similar effect.
>
> Volker
>