On 01/25/2013 06:21 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > smbd[20596]: WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'SHARE' for parameter 'security' > > This is unacceptably stupid. The guys with the tinfoil hats > who think that connecting a computer to AC power is insecure > have obviously taken over. > > It is now utterly impossible to provide a windows share > from a linux box that can be connected without the > windows side asking for credentials. > > Nevermind that the entire LAN is isolated behind a > firewall. Nevermind that all users inside that firewall > are trusted and will be pissed off that they constantly > have to provide credentials for no reason. Nevermind > that there is nothing in the shared directory but > things like copies of holiday snapshots. Oh no! > The security geeks need to make sure I'm protected > from myself. Just because it is my computer, my LAN, > and my data is no reason I get to decide how I want > to use it. I'm too ignorant for that. > > Now, please use this rant as motivation to prove I'm > wrong by posting a tested, working, smb.conf file that > provides a read/write windows file share which requires > no credentials prompt on the windows box. (Merely > mentioning things you've heard ought to work isn't > useful - I've tried them all - I need a working tested > example). > > Sheesh! > This works for XP: $ more smb.conf [global] workgroup = LITTERBOX server string = samba security = share passdb backend = tdbsam load printers = no guest account = fshare os level = 99 wins support = yes name resolve order = wins lmhosts hosts bcast domain master = yes preferred master = yes [pub] comment = data directory path = /var/pub writeable = yes public = yes guest ok = yes create mode = 0664 directory mask = 0775 -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
