Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:45 +0100 From: v.demartino2@virgilio.it To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "postgresql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Subject: Samba not showing public share et al. Message-ID: <41536B8500140645@ims3e.cp.tin.it>
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Server Box ():
Pentium 3
FreeBSD 5.3
Samba 3.0.7
connection to a windows 2000 LAN
Samba on the freebsd side has the following smb.conf:
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[global]
workgroup =3D MYCO
#
server string =3D VicBSD
load printers =3D no
log file =3D /var/log/samba/log.%m
log level =3D 1
max log size =3D 50
security =3D user
nt acl support =3D no
null passwords =3D yes
encrypt passwords =3D yes
smb passwd file =3D /usr/local/private/smbpasswd
wins server =3D 192.168.201.122 192.168.201.121
[homes]
read only=3Dno
[public]
comment =3D %h Shared Public Directory
path =3D /home/public
force directory mode =3D 0777
force create mode =3D 0777
force group =3D nobody
force user =3D nobody
public =3D yes
writeable =3D yes
read only =3D no
browseable =3D yes
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I gave /home/public permissions r,w,x for all the users and issued a 'smb=
password
-a -n nobody'.
With this configuration I can easily and reliably connect to my home shar=
e
providing a password.
BUT, I and other users are unable to connect from our Win2k or XP Pro box=
es
directly to the public share. As a matter of fact windows:
1) Shows all the shares including an 'invented' nobody share not defined
elsewhere. This happens while I put browseable=3Dyes only in the [public]=
section of smb.conf and not in each share.
2) If we ask to connect to \\vicbsd\public I'm prompted for a userid and
password. Only giving the 'nobody' userid is possible to connect to the
share from within windows boxes. I mean not directly without being prompt=
ed.
Why is that 1) and 2) and what should I do to connect without being promp=
ted
for userid and password?
Ciao
Vittorio
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