samba: win xp client does not get prompted for username

djidji · 07-30-2006, 08:32 PM

i was setting up samba for the first time and i wanted to set up a stand-alone server that would be accessible to members of a certain group. now, when i try to connect to a share from win xp using \\<server ip>\<share name> i get prompt for username and password but username is grayed out and cannot be modified. instead there is \\<server ip>\Guest there. any ideas? here is my smb.conf and i am running FC5 with latest verions of samba that is available through yum:

Code:

#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

   workgroup = DSMGROUP
   server string = Samba
   interfaces = eth0 eth1
   hosts allow = 10.10.10.
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   max log size = 50
   security = share
   create mask = 0644
   directory mask = 0755

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[Data]
   path = /data
   read only = no
   guest ok = no
   browseable = yes
   valid users = @dsmusers
   force group = dsmusers

jschiwal · 08-01-2006, 06:05 AM

I think that you want to use "force group = +dsmusers". This will force the group "dsmusers" for people using the service only if they are already a member of "dsmusers".

Do you want members of dsmusers to have full access, even to delete someone elses files?

If not, consider what mode you use and set the sticky bit on the directory you are sharing.

wsanders · 01-02-2007, 01:59 PM

I don't think changing the force group or user is the best answer.

I think I am in the same boat as the original poster: I have two users in the smbpasswd file: "nobody" and "me". When I connect to the share, the User name is greyed out and is promoting me for the password for server\Guest.

Even if I do set the force user to "me", "server\Guest" is still in the greyed-out User Name field. Even if setting "me" to the forced user worked, it is supposed to force anyone's identity to "me" if they were to succesfully log in. I don't think that's what the OP intended. although it might be a workaround.

My guess (I am not a Windows authentication expert) is that this is something the XP client and not samba is forcing upon me, and I need better rights to make the client login actually prompt me for a username, at least without tying my samba into the local AD domain.

My smb.conf:
# Global parameters
[global]

[Docs]
path = /app/me/Docs
valid users = me
force user = me

shawnbishop · 01-04-2007, 06:16 AM

Hi
I have had this problem..

do the following..

Map the network drive to the machine, when it asks you to connect and you enter the path, it has an option to connect as a different user, this is where you can change the user name, and also enter the password.

After that it should work

wsanders · 01-09-2007, 04:51 PM

That works, thanks.