From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 14:10:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1494516A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:10:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vsmtp2.tin.it (vsmtp2alice.tin.it [212.216.176.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0E443D2D for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:10:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.demartino2@virgilio.it) Received: from ims3e.cp.tin.it (212.216.176.219) by vsmtp2.tin.it (7.0.027) id 41ECE0960014D6FF; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:47 +0100 Received: from [192.168.70.209] by ims3e.cp.tin.it with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:45 +0100 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:10:45 +0100 Message-ID: <41536B8500140645@ims3e.cp.tin.it> From: v.demartino2@virgilio.it To: "FreeBSD" , "postgresql" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-IP: 194.185.25.73 Subject: Samba not showing public share et al. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:10:49 -0000 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------- [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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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