Getting through SAMBA security
 

Ugh - been working on this for days

I have a SAMBA server running on a Raspberry Pi. Should be pretty much up to date - retrieved today.

Want to get Windows 7 and Android smartphones to be able to access, but neither can. Ideally, I would like to generate no password challenge, but that does not seem to be on the agenda. Windows 7 cannot seem to send the account name in a way SAMBA understands. The Android phones similarly have no luck getting credentials to SAMBA.

Tried many, many variations, read many, many pieces of advice. Most recent smb.conf attached.

FYI
1) I have tried with and without SECURITY=USER
2) did smbpasswd -an nobody
3) the share has CHMOD 775
4) testparm seems happy

Any help appreciated.

Jonathan

Not sure how RPi works, but with Samba, you need to specify users and then Samba users.

For example, add a Unix user:
Then add a Samba user
To make it simple, you might want to use the username/password that your windows machine will be connecting as.

I also noticed that your smb.conf file is a mess. Your 21P share section is embedded within your [homes] section. Remove all of the [21P] and place it at the end of the smb.conf file.

Hooray
 

Thanks - I think the issue was the misplaced section (maybe the "adduser nobody" helped). So it's on to SSH and VPN:)

Great! Please mark my comment as helpful (if it was) and the thread as solved.

Also: I assume this RPi is running in a home environment behind a router/firewall. That share is wide open and insecure. :)