howto anonymously browse samba workgroup in konqueror?

Ygrex · 12-24-2009, 04:26 AM

Hi,

I can type:

Code:

smbtree -NL

it works fine and lists all machines in my workgroup; but when I try to browse the workgroup in konqueror, it continuosly asks me about username/password, but I want to browse anonymously. How to do it?

Thanks in advance,

Igor

affinity · 12-31-2009, 11:21 PM

Create a guest account and use smbpasswd to set no password on the account name. You will still have to login with the account name, but now you won't need a password. The other way to do it is to set the global security to share with guest access = yes on the individual shares. You would still need to create a guest account called 'nobody', but I don't think you have to set a blank password and you won't have to login with the username. If you're on a private home network where security isn't an issue then this would emulate the Windows style of network sharing.

Ygrex · 01-18-2010, 01:27 AM

When I create a guest account, I got an error:

Code:

# smbpasswd -a guest
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to add entry for user guest.

Maybe guest account exists already, then I've to change a password, but an error occured too:

Code:

# smbpasswd guest
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to find entry for user guest.

Quote:

The other way to do it is to set the global security to share with guest access = yes on the individual shares.

I'm browsing individual shares on any computer in LAN without password prompts, for guests are enabled; the problem I cannot overcome is how to display the list of online machines in a samba network with a konqueror?

ienichols · 04-02-2010, 06:22 AM

I'm with Ygrex on this...

Has anyone found a solution?

The problem is specifically that I cannot browse the computers in a windows workgroup from Konqueror or Dolphin.

Browsing to smb:/ does indeed list the WORKGROUP, but
browsing to smb://WORKGROUP, results in the prompt "Please enter authentication information for WORKGROUP", whilst
browsing directly to smb://COMPUTER does work!

Smb4K correctly allows browsing of the WORKGROUP/COMPUTER/SHARE tree, and
smbtree -N correctly lists the WORKGROUP COMPUTERS and SHARES.

This problem isn't unique, there is a similar thread here: http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.p...114651#p114651