[Samba] guest share not working (for Disabled accounts)
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Fri Oct 7 19:35:32 GMT 2005
I'm in an AD environment, with a samba server a member of the domain,
and I'm trying to create a guest-level/read-only share accesssible by
*anyone*. The purpose of this share is a network distribution point for
.msi package deployment via AD Group Policy. My relevant smb.conf bits are:
[global]
guest account = nobody
map to guest = Bad User
[deploy]
[msi]
comment = Software Deployment
path = /foo/deploy
force user = nobody
read only = yes
browseable = no
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
Now, I can access this \\server\deploy share from almost anywhere logged
in as almost anyone, *except* if I'm logged in as local\Administrator.
Unforatunately, it appears that when local machine try to use the share
for software deployment, they are also accessing it as the local
Administrator account. I believe the root cause of failure is that the
domain\Administrator account in our AD is either disabled or locked-out
(and I don't have the rights to modify that global account as a lowly OU
Admin).
Any ideas on how to grant access to this share to client machines for
Group Policy software deployment purposes?
-- Rex
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