[Samba] Help a newbie (please!): Samba and WinXP in a non-PDC environment

[Joel Hammer]

What kind of security to you want?
If you are willing to allow guest access (no password needed), the following
works fine for me:


# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from jhammer6.jhammer.org (192.168.0.6)
# Date: 2001/08/21 20:14:15

# Global parameters
[global]
        encrypt passwords = yes 
	netbios name = HAMMER2
	security = SHARE
	guest account = ftp

[AllFiles]
	comment = All Files
	path = /
	read only = no
	guest ok =  yes

I am not clear on all the details of the guest account. If you make
security = user, you will have to supply a valid password to get in. The
guest account must exist on the server. To make this useful, you must
allow the guest account, in this case ftp, to have access to your share
on the server box with the usual permission adjustments.

I run my daemons as root (They start with the startup scripts.)  I do
not know if things would be different if you ran the daemons as a
regular user.

Joel


On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:12:26PM -0600, qk wrote:
> Hi all... looking for some assistance with my first Samba setup. 
> 
> The setup: On a small (five-computer, mixed Win2k and WinXP pro) LAN, I'd 
> like a share on my FreeBSD server to be available for storage. No printing, 
> no PDC, no individual user directories or password protection -- just a big 
> ol' slice of storage for everyone to access equally. 
> 
> I've come close, (the share shows up in the network neighborhood and even 
> asks for a login) but can't get it to work (no login seems to work). Any 
> advice? Even better: Anyone got a sample SMB.conf that I can steal from? 
> 
> The setup: FreeBSD 4.6 box with two drives. The second (and larger) drive is 
> mounted as /storage. Samba appears to launch correctly (the daemons are 
> running and the share shows up in the clients' network neighborhood). All 
> computers (including the Samba share, if I get it to work) will be part of 
> the WEST-THIRD group. 
> 
> I've tried SWAT. I've tried RTFM. I've Google'd around the 'net. All to no 
> avail. Any advice GREATLY appreciated! 
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg 
> 
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