DISMISS MY MESSAGE Of course, it was a "slip of the tangue"! Sorry to bother this esteemed ng. Vittorio :-- Messaggio originale -- :Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:45 +0100 :From: v.demartino2@xxxxxxxxxxx :To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx>, : "postgresql" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :Subject: Samba not showing public share et al. : : :Server Box (): :Pentium 3 :FreeBSD 5.3 :Samba 3.0.7 :connection to a windows 2000 LAN : :Samba on the freebsd side has the following smb.conf: : :---------------------------------------------------------------- :[global] : workgroup = MYCO :# : server string = VicBSD : load printers = no : log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m : log level = 1 : max log size = 50 : security = user : nt acl support = no : null passwords = yes : encrypt passwords = yes : smb passwd file = /usr/local/private/smbpasswd : wins server = 192.168.201.122 192.168.201.121 : :[homes] : read only=no :[public] :comment = %h Shared Public Directory : path = /home/public : force directory mode = 0777 : force create mode = 0777 : force group = nobody : force user = nobody : public = yes : writeable = yes : read only = no : browseable = yes :--------------------------------------------------------- : :I gave /home/public permissions r,w,x for all the users and issued a 'smbpassword :-a -n nobody'. : :With this configuration I can easily and reliably connect to my home share :providing a password. : :BUT, I and other users are unable to connect from our Win2k or XP Pro boxes :directly to the public share. As a matter of fact windows: : :1) Shows all the shares including an 'invented' nobody share not defined :elsewhere. This happens while I put browseable=yes only in the [public] :section of smb.conf and not in each share. :2) If we ask to connect to \\vicbsd\public I'm prompted for a userid and :password. Only giving the 'nobody' userid is possible to connect to the :share from within windows boxes. I mean not directly without being prompted. : :Why is that 1) and 2) and what should I do to connect without being prompted :for userid and password? : : :Ciao :Vittorio : : : : :_______________________________________________ :freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list :http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions :To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
