Re: ubuntu samba, windows network - username password issues



Thanks a lot. Now I don't have to deal with the password anymore :-)
Jimmy


On 6/29/07, Brian McKee <brian.mckee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 29/06/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently, with a lot of fiddling/searching forums etc., managed
to
> get my windows xp and ubuntu 7.04 computers to communicate with each
other
> over a network.
> Both computers can open each other's shared folders/directories, with
the
> expected read/write access permissions.
>
> My only question is this:
> Connecting to my ubuntu computer from windows requires the samba user
name
> and password that I set up with smbpasswd.
> Is there any way to access Ubuntu shares without this password? -since I
use
> these computers at home, I really don't need the protection of having a
> password, and it's just an extra annoyance to type it in.



Just what you are looking for


http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/26/how-to-build-a-dirt-easy-home-nas-server-using-samba/

HTH
Brian

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