how to share a folder in samba with no need of password for individual user not guest
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Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
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if I'm not mistaken, as long as the user's samba password matches the user's login password on the windows box it shouldn't ask for a password (as long as samba's security settings are configured correctly, though the specific mode escapes me at the moment, i believe it would be 'user')
As with Windows itself, you can arrange for a folder to be "completely shared." The only thing that will be necessary is that the connecting user is recognized by Samba (or Windows), so that it can say, "oh yeah, I know this guy, and it says here that he's supposed to have carte blanche access to this folder and that folder and that one over there ... okay, done."
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