[Samba] help with logons/passwords

[rruegner]

Hi, why dont you create a public share ?
i.e 
[files]

readonly = No

comment = public files

browseable = yes

writeable = yes

path = /files/pub

guestok = yes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "karl westwood" <karl at telegraph.co.uk>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: [Samba] help with logons/passwords


> Hi,
> 
> If I setup a share, and create a user with smbpasswd -a, I have to have 
> enter the password extactly as the password supplied by the user's 
> win2000 logon. If they match, then the user connects correctly and all 
> is well. If, however, the win2000 password is different from samba's, 
> then the user connects as 'nobody', and as 'nobody' you get problems 
> with permissions on folders in the share they are connecting to.
> Is there a way to allow a mismatch, and have the user connect as the 
> correct username supplied by the pc?
> 
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