[Samba] How should guest access work with Samba 3 and User Mode Security???

[Kaustubh Chaudhari]

Mansell, Gary wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please can someone confirm to me how guest access should work on a Samba
> 3 Server configured for User Mode Security.
>   

Not sure if this can be done or not, but what i know is that 
security=user you need to provide with the username and password.
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html#id325823

Regards,
Kaustubh
> Am I correct in thinking that shares configured as guest OK should be
> accessible by users without accounts on the server and hence they should
> not have to supply login name and password. (This used to work OK on
> Samba 2 and Share Mode security)
>
> I want to share out applications and a few other shares from my server
> without having to create accounts on the server for the users and so
> that they don't have to supply a username/password.
>
> I am running Samba samba-3.0.24-5 and here is my smb.conf file:
>
> Regards
>
> Gary
>
>
> [global]
>
> workgroup = DFGSRV
> server string = dfgsrv Samba Server %v
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = yes
> printing = cups
> cups options = raw
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 200
> security = user
> password level = 8
> username level = 8
> socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE SO_BROADCAST TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_THROUGHPUT
> dns proxy = no 
> log level = 9
> deadtime = 30
> oplocks = false
> level2 oplocks = false
> encrypt passwords = no
> idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
> idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
> template shell = /bin/false
> winbind use default domain = no
> map to guest = Bad User
>
>
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = yes
>    writable = yes
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775
>
> [cdrom]
>         path = /media/cdrom
>         writeable = no
>         browseable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         comment = dfgsrv CDROM Drive
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