[Samba] share with no authentication

[Michael Gasch]

map to guest is a global option

greez

Adam Williams wrote:
> In my [global] I have guest account = nobody and security = user, and in
> my share [wpkg] I have:
> 
> [wpkg]
> comment = Windows Packager
> path = /samba/wpkg
> read only = yes
> browseable = no
> guest ok = Yes
> guest only = no
> # valid users = guest nobody
> map to guest = Bad User
> 
> still asks me for a username and password.  if i set security = share it
> works, but then I have other problems with my windows xp computers
> authenticating.
> 
> Michael Gasch wrote:
>> you could play with "map to guest = bad xxx"
>> that´s how i did it in security=domain (i think it works with user,
>> too) and one share. all other shares have "guest ok = no"
>>
>> greez
>>
>>
> 
> 

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