Thanks to all who responded. A combination of mails helped answer most
questions. I had _completely_ missed the 'map to guest' param. So now I
can log on to a share as a guest with no passwd.
However, I have to know the share I want to log onto. I am still unable
to browse the WORKGROUP itself.
Perhaps this is an M$ bias poking through, but from my experiences of
both Domains _and Workgroups in M$, it is normally possible to browse
the Domain or Workgroup and see all of the hosts listed in that group.
Whether or not you can log on to them however, you only find out when
you try to access the specific share. But you are at least able to make
a guess/determine which ones based on what you can see. I would've
expected SAMBA to behave much the same.
Am I wrong in this?
Again, relevant smb.conf now looks like;
[global]
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = Bottlenose
server string =
os level = 95
# domain master = Yes
preferred master = Yes
interfaces = lo, eth1
bind interfaces only = Yes
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
guest account = nobody
map to guest = Bad User
encrypt passwords = Yes
unix password sync = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/userpasswd %u
passwd chat = *password:* %n\n *password:* %n\n *successfully.*
restrict anonymous = 2
log level = 2
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
time server = Yes
deadtime = 15
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=65536 SO_SNDBUF=65536
SO_KEEPALIVE
printcap name = /etc/printcap
wins support = Yes
utmp = Yes
admin users = @admins
hide unreadable = Yes
[homes]
valid users = %S
read only = No
browseable = No
[public]
comment = Public Shared
path = /home/shares/pub
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
writable = yes
public = yes
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Kind Regards
Kyle
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