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Urgent, hence points - Samba server woes...
I do not have much experience with Samba, and have got stuck setting it up.
I've installed samba one of our machines (yum - Samba version 3.02315 - Fedora Core 4) but it will not authenticate using a known system user. Ideally, we would like all system users to be able to access their home directories.
Currently, I have one share set up, which is the home directory shares. I was on the understanding that once this was set up, it would allow system users to access their home directories by;
a) Connecting to \\servername
b) using their UNIX/Samba username/password
But the authentication fails, and keeps requesting the user/pass.
I am SURE that this is something simple (as ive come across this prob again and again but given up!!!) or it may be that I just don't "get" the concept of Samba.
This is urgent as customer has been waiting, hence max point value.
I've installed samba one of our machines (yum - Samba version 3.02315 - Fedora Core 4) but it will not authenticate using a known system user. Ideally, we would like all system users to be able to access their home directories.
Currently, I have one share set up, which is the home directory shares. I was on the understanding that once this was set up, it would allow system users to access their home directories by;
a) Connecting to \\servername
b) using their UNIX/Samba username/password
But the authentication fails, and keeps requesting the user/pass.
I am SURE that this is something simple (as ive come across this prob again and again but given up!!!) or it may be that I just don't "get" the concept of Samba.
This is urgent as customer has been waiting, hence max point value.
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Thats great, I can access the shares now. However, I do not need to enter the password to access the share, which is required.
Would there be something allowing non-authenticated login?
Would there be something allowing non-authenticated login?
by default the option on each share has guest ok set to no.
also on the windows side by default, windows will try to use the username/password you logged in with. If that fails, then it will ask for a username/password. If it works, then you just go in. So if someone without a username/password tries to get to your share (or doesn't even have one, then they will get the same access denied message as you were receiving before
also on the windows side by default, windows will try to use the username/password you logged in with. If that fails, then it will ask for a username/password. If it works, then you just go in. So if someone without a username/password tries to get to your share (or doesn't even have one, then they will get the same access denied message as you were receiving before
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