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Samba Headache: Guest works, but authenticated users don's

Hello, I am trying to share a simple folder on my linux box with a few computers.

I am able to go from any computer who does not have a user name that matches my linux computer. So for example, if I have user joe with password joe on my linux computer, joe on windows get's a popup asking for username and password, even though his windows password matches. If he types in joe and joe it doesn't work.

I just want everyone to have access, no matter the password. Here is my smb.conf file:

Code:

[global]



  workgroup = WORKGROUP

  server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

  dns proxy = no



  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

  max log size = 1000

  syslog = 0

  panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d





  usershare allow guests = yes



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



[700-Shares]

  comment = Users profiles

  path = media/700GB/700-Shares/

  force guest = yes

  security = share

  writable = yes

  public = yes

-Thanks for any help

Ok, I figured it out. It needs to look like this:

Quote:

[global]

workgroup = workgroup
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
dns proxy = no

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

usershare allow guests = yes
security = share
guest ok = yes
guest account = put_account_name_here

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

[700-Shares]
comment = 700-Shares
path = /media/700GB/700-Shares
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes