[K12OSN] open samba share

[Doug Simpson]

No deal. . .

Will work on it from other angles. . .

Thanks!

Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Thu, 4 May 2006, Doug Simpson wrote:

> I will try it this way. . . The thing I am trying to get around is the 
> need to set up all the users on the linux/samba server just for this 
> purpose. . .
> 
> Let me try it that way. . .
> 
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> DeQueen Public Schools
> DeQueen, AR 71832
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> Tux for President!
> 
> On Thu, 4 May 2006, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 10:05, Doug Simpson wrote:
> > 
> > > I have a linux/samba server and I need a share set up that will allow 
> > > connections and give R/W access without requiring a login.
> > 
> > If you want completely public access you have to set
> > security = share
> > Otherwise it needs to identify the user at the connection
> > level before it can even see the share that is open.
> > 
> > > In other words, I need this to just be a dumb share, accessible to all, 
> > > writeable by all, but not requiring usernames and passwords.
> > 
> > If 'all' really means all computers logged into a domain you
> > can use
> > security = server
> >  and
> > password server = yourPDC
> > and access will be transparent.
> > If 'all' includes computers not in a domain, then you need
> > to change the security level to share.
> > 
> > > I will be setting the host.allow to only allow certain computers to use 
> > > it, but I need this to work.
> > > 
> > > What will I need in the share definitions in /etc/samba/smb.conf
> > > 
> > > I have tried this an other. . .
> > > 
> > > [generic]
> > > 	path = /samba/generic
> > > 	guest = yes
> > > 	read only = no
> > > 	browseable = no
> > > 	force create mode = 0777
> > > 
> > > and the path is set to RWX for everyone on the /samba/generic directory.
> > > 
> > > Still requires a login to access the share. . .
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > 
> > You also may need to have
> > guest account = 
> > to some user that exists in the password file and you
> > might want to add a 'force user =' to the share.
> > 
> > -- 
> >   Les Mikesell
> >    les at futuresource.com
> > 
> > 
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