Re: Help setting up Samba

From: Lew Pitcher (Lew.Pitcher_at_td.com)
Date: 05/19/04

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    Richard Bell wrote:

    > Lew,
    >
    > I used smbpasswd and made sure that my XP username and password were
    > established for Samba. Nothing changed.
    >
    > I'm rather new to Linux and am not entirely sure what a proper guest
    > account is. Currently the Fedora machine has an account for a single
    > user with a user name and password that is also used to log onto the
    > various Win systems. What more should I do?

    I can't vouch for this solution, as I haven't tried it myself, but...

    First off, look through your /etc/passwd file (or where ever Fedora
    keeps it's list of valid users), and confirm that there is either an
    'ftp' or a 'nobody' user (the names might be a bit different from what
    I've listed here, but they should look similar). Choose one of these
    names (the doc suggests choosing the 'ftp' username).

    In the global section of your smb.conf file, include the line
      guest account = ftp
    where 'ftp' is whatever name you selected above. In your case, your
    smb.conf file should look something like...

    [global]
         workgroup = cindy
         server string = Fedora 1 WS
         password server = None
         security = SHARE
         guest account = ftp
     [test]
         comment = For testing only, please
         path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
         writeable = yes
         guest ok = yes

    Restart your smb server, in order to pick up the changed smb.conf file,
    and try your \\F1\TEST access again.

    > Thanks for your quick response.

    No problem. I hope this helps.

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    Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Application Architecture
    Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

    (Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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