[Samba] guest account beyond my grasp

[Peter]

--- Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> 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?
> ----
> man smb.conf
> 
> /map to guest
> 
> map to guest = Bad User

Thanks but why should I need to use this hack?

--
Peter

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