On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 09:23:21PM -0700, Steven Hess wrote:
I am trying to allow a Windows 7 machine to access files on my main computer. Under Linux I just use NFS and all Linux boxes can see all network shares if they have an IP address to start with. No username and password monkey business. With SAMBA this seems impossible. The Windows machine user is presented with demand for a username and password that have never been created. The SAMBA shared directories are visible from the Windows 7 client but just un-accessible. Is it not possible to not require a user name and password combination? This is on openSUSE 12.1. There is nothing I can find on the openSUSE Wiki and I see no SAMBA articles when I look for articles at the openSUSE site.
NFS just works SAMBA is non functional.
man smb.conf ... guest ok (S) If this parameter is yes for a service, then no password is required to connect to the service. Privileges will be those of the guest account. ... See also ... Come on, you're able to read a man pag at your own. :) Also the Samba wiki mention this option. See https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#guest_access
The stuff I am seeing when I google is just confusing nonsense that isn't openSUSE specific.
Confusion is something we implemented with highest priority! How else can you get a solid and reliable workplace till retirement these days? ;) Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany