On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 05:36:37AM -0700, Steven Hess wrote:
"guest ok = yes" for each share makes it password-less if you have guests enabled and "security = share" set.
Setting 'security = share' is not a must requirement to get a public accessible share. lmuelle@hip:~> smbget -a smb://hip/ftp/opensuse/distribution/12.1/iso/openSUSE-12.1-Addon-Lang-i586.iso Using workgroup WORKGROUP, guest user smb://hip/ftp/opensuse/distribution/12.1/iso/openSUSE-12.1-Addon-Lang-i586.iso Downloaded 623,48MB in 8 seconds All I did is adding this share definition to the defualt smb.conf we use by default as part of the samba-client package: [ftp] comment = ftp area path = /srv/ftp/pub guest ok = Yes Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany