Re: [Sheflug] Samba question

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 02:33:38PM +0100, Steve Tickle wrote:
> Can someone please tell me how I can get a WinXX user which doesn't have an 
> account on the Linux box to be able to access a Samba shared directory.
> 
> I've messed around with /etc/smbusers to no avail. WinXX users who can 
> telnet into their own account on the Linux box can access the directories 
> via Samba OK.

	Two things spring to mind: the adduser script setting (to add
UNIX users automagically) and to use security = share instead of
security=user. IIRC, security=user *needs* a Unix password.

	José
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José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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