[Samba] Different behavior when client uses "sec=none" and when provides bad user (mapped to guest)

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Sat Jan 18 11:53:25 UTC 2025


On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:40:19 +0100
Carlos Alberto Balseiro Mayi via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for your analysis. I just wanted to add that I think we
> are not using at all? The client is an embedded Linux/FPGA machine
> and it doesn't have mount.cifs . I think it is using 
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFSKernel . It comes default
> with kernel 5.15 but I tried with a 6.10 and same problem happens.
> 

Again, even though it is on the Samba wiki, the 'LinuxCIFSKernel' has
nothing to do with Samba, it is just hosted there because it comes
under the SMB banner on Linux.

My feelings are that Windows will, eventually, totally stop guest
access and enforce using a username to authenticate.

Rowland



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