[Samba] Samba 4.8.3 - Stand-alone server

[Rowland penny]

On 16/08/2019 17:39, Bob Wyatt via samba wrote:
> Presently, we do not wish to use domain credentials - samba users and
> passwords have been set.
>
> However, to establish the map, me the user is asked for their credentials in
> a Windows domain user credential pop-up.
>
> Not being a Windows/domain administrator, nor a Samba Administrator, are we
> missing something in the config file, or a setting in the domain?
>
> [global]
>          workgroup = STA
>          netbios name = sttest01
>          server role = standalone
>          security = user
>          map to guest = Bad User
>          passdb backend = tdbsam
>          printing = cups
>          printcap name = cups
>          load printers = yes
>          cups options = raw
>          logfile = /var/log/samba/sambalog.log
>          log level = 1 auth:5
>          unix password sync = no
>
> [homes]
>          comment = Home Directories
>          valid users = %S, %D%w%S
>          browseable = No
>          read only = No
>          inherit acls = Yes
>
> [printers]
>          comment = All Printers
>          path = /var/tmp
>          printable = Yes
>          create mask = 0600
>          browseable = No
>
> [print$]
>          comment = Printer Drivers
>          path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
>          write list = @printadmin root
>          force group = @printadmin
>          create mask = 0664
>          directory mask = 0775
>
> [AXIARListen]
>     comment = Axiar Listen directory Retrieval
>     path = /AXIAR/listen
>     public = yes
>     writeable = yes
>     printable = no
>     create mask = 0777
>     guest only = true
>
You will probably always be asked for authentication. I take it we are 
talking about the 'AXIARListen' share here, if so, then only the guest 
user will be allowed access. To ensure that it is a guest user, Samba 
has to check that the user is unknown, so it checks the connecting user 
against its database and if unknown, the user is mapped to the guest 
user, it will do this every time a user connect, because the unknown 
user will not be stored in Samba's database.

Rowland