Eve Atley wrote:
Thanks everyone who responded to this question. I have tested it, but still am unable to provide public access, either with or without a password. Perhaps I have set up something incorrectly. Allow me to present what's inside the smb.conf file...
[global] workgroup = WOWCORP netbios name = SERVER server string = WOW corp server encrypt passwords = Yes obey pam restrictions = Yes pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*al l*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 os level = 70 dns proxy = No hosts allow = 192.168.10. 127. printing = lprng guest account = samba map to guest = Bad User
[home]
path = /home
invalid users = root bin linux daemon adm sync shutdown halt mail
news uucp operator
printable = no
hide dot files = yes
hide files = /.*/
admin user = eve
writable = yes
Which version of samba are you running? If its older than 2.2 you may need to add "security = user" to the global section. Also, it may help to temporarily set samba to debug mode and see what it tells you when a guest connects.
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