Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 10:57:31 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" <atom.powers@gmail.com> To: Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: public samba share annoyingly asking for password Message-ID: <df9ac37c0605021057u7c0b155v78d708e6ec9f5ee5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <10af59b8c90.vdemart1@tin.it> References: <10af59b8c90.vdemart1@tin.it>
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On 5/2/06, Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> wrote: > Now, the problem is that > at boot time - after logging in the MS-windows client - windows 2000 > or NT clients present the user with a pop-up window asking for a > password to connect to the public share (I created the 'pcguest' > freebsd user as a passwordless user and to 'smbpasswd pcguest' I didn't > provide any password at all!). Clicking on OK the share is immediatedly > connected and it all works. Nonetheless the pop-up window asking for a > password is somewhat disturbing. > By the way, windows XP clients don't > seem to suffer from the same problem. They connect to the share > smoothly, without asking anything as expected! > Check the samba logs, I suspect the NT client is trying to auth as "DOMAIN\user" instead of just "user". That doesn't work because the samba server is not part of a domain; when you click OK the NT client is sending a new auth as just "user". I've seen this on Win2k clients. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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