[Samba] share without authentication - how?
Tim Bates
tin at new-life.org.au
Sun Nov 4 22:42:51 GMT 2007
Dexter Filmore wrote:
> Wanna share a dir to win clients so that they can just map it locally without
> providing any password or login or whatsover.
> So far I'm at:
>
> [foo]
> path = /mnt/foo
> guest ok = Yes
> security = share
> public = yes
> writable = yes
> force user = dexter
>
> Still won't work, asks for auth.
>
>
>
Try it without the force user line. It's probably forcing everyone to
use that username, which then requires a password.
Also, check the actual filesystem permissions if you haven't already.
TB
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