[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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