[Samba] Is there a way to allow empty user (NULL) to connect to
samba3 as nobody/guest from W2K/XP workstations?
Vlad Borisoff
vlad at microchip.ru
Fri Jul 9 11:58:32 GMT 2004
> After switching to samba3 I've noticed that it doesn't allow
> connections with empty usernames with security = user anymore.
> Samba2 mapped empty user to nobody, is there a way to achieve such
> behavior? It is needed for compatibility - we still have lots of W2k
> workstations that allow passing empty usernames in login prompts (as
> opposed to XP).
> Adding null/NULL to smbusers file didn't help.
> Searching documentation & googing didn't give me an answer for this issue.
auth methods = guest sam
Doesn't help either.
Does anybody know how to map empty user logins to nobody user in samba3?
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Thanks in advance,
Vlad Borisoff
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