Re: samba open share

[Ron Peterson <rpeterso@mtholyoke.edu>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 12:42:53PM -0500, Rodney Richison wrote:

> I'm having trouble getting samba to quit asking for a name and password 
> on an open share.
> 
> How may I do this without affecting the other shares that do have name 
> and password verification?
> The below does not work.
> [public]
>        writable = yes
>        path = /backup/files
>        force group = rodney
>        guest ok = yes
>        force user = rodney
>        hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
>        hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24
>        public = yes
>        browsable = yes

See the 'map to guest' option in the smb.conf man page.  You probably
want to use the 'Bad User' option.

-- 
Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso