[Samba] a simple question for a newbie

TAKAHASHI Motonobu monyo at monyo.com
Thu Dec 23 11:45:53 MST 2010


>> Bonjour,
>>
>> I would like that access to these two shares will be possible without
>> any password from any windows computer on the lan.
>
> Look into to 'security' in the 'general' section in the man pages or the
> samba.org site.

set smb.conf like:

-----
[global]
  map to guest = bad user

[tmp]
   path = /tmp
   read only = No
   guest ok = Yes

  ...
-----

 Setting only "guest ok = yes" is not  enough to guest access.

>> Last question: as far as I understand, the share print$ is to upload a
>> printer driver from a windows computer, is there a way to install these
>> drivers directly on the linux samba server, and where can I find windows
>> drivers to do this.

See:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#inst-rpc

I have not evaluated above.

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TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at samba.gr.jp>


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