[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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