[ale] Samba Not Quite Right

[John Marasco]

IIRC you enter a default user or something like that for the samba 
shares.  I have read/write samba shares set up at home to view (sans 
password) from XP and Linux boxes so I know it can be done.  The Linux 
computer and shares show up in the XP network neighborhood exactly the 
same as the XP shares do.  If I get a chance I will post tonight if you 
can't figure it out.

hbbs at comcast.net wrote:

>I've got Samba up and running on Gentoo, which is also up and running (a minor
>miracle in and of itself, as the 2.4.20 kernel that comes with the current
>version of Gentoo wouldn't boot on this nVidia-chipset machine).
>
>WinXP machines on the network can see the server and, if I double-click on the
>server, I'm asked for a username and password.  If I supply mine, I can get into
>the one share I created.
>
>This isn't quite what I want to have happen.  I would like for at least one
>read-only share to appear without the need for a username and password, and I
>plan to make other shares that *will* require un/pw access.  I would like all
>shares to at least appear when the server is double-clicked, without having to
>enter a un/pw.
>
>This is the share definition for that one read-only share as it now stands:
>
>[library]
>   comment = General data/sw for internal use
>   path = /share/library
>   public = yes
>   writable = no
>   write list = jeff
>
>Other important global parameters:
>
>   security = user  
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
>
>There is a Win2K PDC here with accounts, but I have no control over them (to
>include existence), so, if I want to be able to provide and control access to
>this Samba server, I have to manage the accounts and use smbpasswd as needed.
>
>How can I best get the behavior I want?
>
>- Jeff
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