Re: [SLUG] samba wierdness

[Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 11:05:17AM +0800, jam@xxxxxxxxx (jam@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Hi
> If anyone can see the light ...
> 
> I have a samba share on two machines, suse 10.2 and feisty
> 
> [video]
>         comment = video
>         inherit acls = Yes
>         path = /home/store
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> On both machines, from a linux desktop browser, the share is publicly 
> accessable. (no login)
> >From XP the suse share is accessable, the feisty share prompts for a password!
> 
> If I use smbpasswd and create one, then the XP accepts the passwd and works 
> normally !! The acls line makes no difference
> 
> Neither the logs or the smb.conf files appear out of the ordinary.

Try:

guest account = pcguest

and add "pcguest" to /etc/passwd


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