[Samba] Windows XP & Samba

Stuart, Cory G. cstuart at anl.gov
Thu Aug 26 22:51:29 GMT 2004


I have a Samba server that I want to allow anonymous access to for the
purpose of printing.  It's stand alone and not joined to my Windows
domain.  When I try to connect to it through a Windows 2000 PC, it pops
up a username & password box, but when I click OK I'm in.  Not a
problem.  However, when I try to browse the printer list from a Windows
XP box, I get the username & password box, but the username is grayed
out.  The grayed out username has CUPS\MyGuest (name of cups
server\renamed windows guest account).  Needless to say, when I click
OK, the prompt comes back and I can't get in.  The strange thing, If I
put in the path to one of the shared printers, I can connect.  Here is
my smb.conf:

[global]
netbios name = CUPS
workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
security = share
encrypt passwords = yes
guest only = yes
load printers = yes
guest account = nobody
hosts deny = all
hostname lookups = yes
hosts allow = 127. .domain.domain .otherdomain.domain
local master = no
printcap name = cups
printing = cups
load printers = yes
restrict anonymous = no
map to guest = bad user
[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
writable = no





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