[Samba] guest account beyond my grasp

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 17:45 -0500, Peter wrote:
> Hi, I'm using 3.0.21b and I cannot get the guest account to work.
> 
> some of smb.conf:
> 
> ------------------------------
>    security = user
>    hosts allow = 192.168.2. 127.
>    guest account = visiteur
>    log level = 2
>    log file = /var/log/samba/samba.%m
>    max log size = 1024
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> 
> [publique]
>    path = /vol2/samba/publique
>    browseable = yes
>    guest ok = yes
> ------------------------------
> 
> # grep visiteur /etc/passwd 
> visiteur:*:1009:1013:Samba guest user:/home/visiteur:/bin/sh
> 
> When on Win2k when I click the server icon the pop-up box appears and I
> put in "visiteur" for user and a blank for password the server's log
> says:
> 
> ------------------------------
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317)
>   check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [My Name] -> [My Name]
> FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317)
>   check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [My Name] -> [My Name]
> FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
> [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772)
>   setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close
> all old resources.
> [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317)
>   check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [visiteur] ->
> [visiteur] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD
> ------------------------------
> 
> "My Name" is the logon name to this windows box that comes up
> automatically when the system is booted.
> 
> But I am successful when I try from the command line on the server
> itself:
> 
> # smbclient \\\\nemex\\publique
> Password: 
> Anonymous login successful
> Domain=[PLATEAU] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.21b]
> smb: \> exit
> 
> ------------------------------
> # tail -15 /var/log/samba/nemex
> 
> [2006/03/15 17:42:53, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317)
>   check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [super] -> [super]
> FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
> [2006/03/15 17:42:53, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(324)
>   Allowed connection from  (192.168.2.213)
> [2006/03/15 17:42:53, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(693)
>   nemex (192.168.2.213) connect to service publique initially as user
> visiteur (uid=1009, gid=1013) (pid 667)
> [2006/03/15 17:42:54, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(885)
>   nemex (192.168.2.213) closed connection to service publique
> [2006/03/15 17:42:54, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(614)
>   Closing connections
> ------------------------------
> 
> How can I get access to the guest account from the windows box?
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man smb.conf

/map to guest

map to guest = Bad User

try that

Craig