Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba
I'm using a stock Edgy installation. I simply enabled Samba using the GUI tools and tried connecting from another Linux machine. The mount.cifs manpage describes a "guest" option, but connecting with this option doesn't work: ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt -o guest mount error 13 = Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) ket% However this option does work with mount.smb vs. mount.cifs: ket% sudo mount.smb //mog.local/share /mnt -o guest Anonymous login successful ket% As a workaround, I created a user "anonymous" with blank password: ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt -o user=anonymous,password= ket% ls /mnt Movies MythVideo ket% However this is not a perfect solution: The autofs package's /etc/auto.smb script uses cifs by default and I don't want to have to create a credfile for "anonymous" with blank password, I want autofs to work with my Ubuntu Samba server out of the box. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416515 Why doesn't connecting to Ubuntu with cifs and the guest option work like connecting to Ubuntu with smb and the guest option? What needs to change so: ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt - or - ket% sudo mount.cifs //mog.local/share /mnt -o guest successfully connect, thereby enabling autofs to work out of the box? Thanks for maintaining Samba in Ubuntu! Jack ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- cifs doesn't support connecting as guest https://launchpad.net/bugs/98658 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
