On 30 Jun 1998, Jake Colman wrote:
By default, SAMBA uses user level access. The the users are allowed only
onto accounts with the same name on the server. This is generaly a nice
idea, because they can then put symbolic links into their home dir on the
server to get to other drives....
If you want to have an "open" system, you have to define the shares to use
a guest account that is open to any connecting system. (Have to brows the
SAMBA howto - or wait for the other people here to chime in <grin> )
>
> This has been discussed many times before and but none of the answers have
> helped me. I decided to start again from scratch and see what happens.
>
> I am running a standard RH 5.1 server and a Win95 box. Networking between the
> two machines is up and running and I can happily ping either box from the other
> one. I am using the default /etc/smb.conf and have the two samba daemons up
> and running. I have modified /etc/smb.conf to have my proper workgroup name.
>
> The Samba Server can see and mount shares from the Win95 box. The Win95 box
> can see the Samba Server in the browse list but cannot access any of its
> resources. If I double-click on the Samba Server's icon, I am asked for a
> password for IPC$. Nothing that I type is accepted.
>
> So, where do I go from here. Since I've seen this posted several times before,
> there must be a cookbook answer to this, no?
>
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