[Samba] Samba doesn't ask for a password

[Thomas Klettke]

Just to be sure: Did you set a password for the users on the Samba
server?


On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:53, Udo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed Samba 3.0.2a (on Mandrake 10.0). I created 2 users on the Linux
> box, which I "converted" to Samba users (using de Webmin interface). The
> Samba server is running.
> On a Win98 I log in (log in the win98 box -- no domain set, only workgroup!)
> using one of the users I created. I do not use any password, neither is
> Win98 configured to verify any passwords. I simply type in a username, no
> password. It's that old simple network login window.
> Well, now I open \\vovo\udo (the user I used to log in to the win98 machine)
> and I can see and edit the files of this users' home directory on the Linux
> (Samba) server. I can even open \\vovo\horst, which is the other users'
> home, but read-only in that case. But I need samba to ask for a password,
> which it never did. I deleted de .pwl files on the windows machine and got
> the same behavior.
> 
> How do I tell Samba to ask for the users' password to connect to one users'
> home? After reading the docs I googled for a long time now, and haven't
> found anything that helped me to solve this. Actually, the way I undestood
> the docs, it should be pretty simple to do this, but I simply can't figure
> it out!
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> 
> Btw, below is my smb.conf. It may be a little messed up now, 'cause I
> already tried a lot of different options.
> 
> udo
> #---------------------------------------------------------
> [global]
>         workgroup = HOTUP
>         server string = Samba Server %v
>         log level = 4
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         printcap name = cups
>         dns proxy = No
>         ldap ssl = no
>         printer admin = @adm
>         printing = cups
> 
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
> 
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         create mask = 0700
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r   # using client side
> printer drivers.
>         browseable = No
> 
> [print$]
>         path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>         write list = @adm, root
>         inherit permissions = Yes
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> [pdf-generator]
>         comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
>         path = /var/tmp
>         printable = Yes
>         print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m
> %I "%J" &
> 
> [publico]
>         path = /public
>         read only = No
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