samba - "guest ok" doesn't work
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?
In my smb.conf file I have (this is not complete though):
[global]
printing = bsd
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
guest account = nobody
invalid users = root
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = yes
path = /tmp
printable = yes
; public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
create mode = 0700
Thanks,
Gerry
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