Re: samba - "guest ok" doesn't work
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:14:34PM -0700, debuser@platinum.globalmart.com wrote:
> I want Windows users on my network to be able to print to my printer
> without a password. I have "guest ok = yes" in the printers share. I also
> have "security = user" in the global section. Shouldn't this allow
> printing without a password? Currently it does not. Printing does work
> fine with a correct username and password from the Windows machines
> though. But, it always prompts for a password, and if the password is
> incorrect or blank, it fails. Does "guest ok" only work when "security =
> share"? Any ideas what might be wrong?
>
There's an option that controls how unknown users / passwords
are mapped to the guest account (man smb.conf) which I had to
tweak to get guest access to shares without a password.
HTH,
P.
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