[Samba] Anonymous access to Windows XP [pro] shares using "smbmount"

msamba at mail-ph.ph.koop.cz msamba at mail-ph.ph.koop.cz
Fri Feb 13 07:02:18 GMT 2004


See Local Policy Settings in Control Panel if XP-SHARE test is named in 
the list of shares with guest access allowed. I don't have english Windows 
XP Pro here to see exact english name of that setting. Enabling guest user 
account is not enough.

Michal


> Hi, 
> 
> I am having trouble accessing Windows XP share using smbmount [anonymous]. The "smbmount" command, would say "Anonymous login successful", but when we try to access the folders /list the contents, "Permission denied" is the error that props up. 
> 
> smbmount //MY-XP/XP-SHARE test/ -o "username=anonymous,guest"
> Anonymous login successful
> #ls test
> ls: test: Permission denied
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mahesh
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