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ow to access public shares without password even when security = user
Hello everyone,
I have always thought that with security = user , a login window will pop-up and you must insert credentials to access the shares of a samba server.
Yet here I am sitting in front of a QNAP system file server, running Samba 3.5.2. When I type in the address of the samba server, I am presented with the top level shares (public or not). No login window pops up.. Then if I try to access some of these shares (that are not public), a login in window will pop up..
I checked the QNAP's smb.conf thoroughly and found the following
security = USER
map to guest = Bad User
I used the 'map to user' option in another samba server i have (slackware64 v13.37) Samba v.3.5.10. I also allowed guest users
I almost mimiced the behaviour. I.e. I access the samba server, a login window pops up, i can type in some random characters and will access the shares without the need for a proper username password.
But I want to omit having a login window pop up in the top level of the shares. how should I go about doing that? (of course that will map me to some guest user and give me access to public folders. the private folders should still throw a login window at me)
Thank you for your help
Nass
Last edited by nass; 10-12-2011 at 08:49 AM.
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