[Samba] Why does simple smb.conf demand password?

[Rashkae]

Hi Lary

You can get around it by sending a blank password.  (ie, just press
enter).  Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go
to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the
login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything)

As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's
default security model is "User", which closely resembles a Windows NT
server.  The server requires a valid user for all connections.  If you
wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to "share",
but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with
those mysterious password issues.



On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the O'Reilly book
> "Using Samba" first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a.
> The windows machine uses windows 98SE.
> 
> The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93
> and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96
> had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network Neighborhood.
> It it does appear in NN and also using the command "net view".
> 
> Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I have setup.
> When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password.
> 
> The instructions say that 
> "We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but there are some password
> issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and authentification.  For the moment,
> this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share."
> 
> This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't understand yet and want to get straight later.
> 
> Why can't I connect without the demand for a password?
> How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password management?
> 
> Here is the short smb.conf:
> 
> [global]
> netbios name = linda
> server string = Samba %v on %L
> workgroup = lanet
> 
> [data]
>   path = /export/data
>   comment = data drive
>   volume = sample-data-drive
>   writable = yes
>   guest ok = yes
> 
> I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777.
> 
> Larry Alkoff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
> 
> 
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