** Description changed: - In /etc/samba/smb.conf, + For a given share created in the GNOME GUI, the resulting stanza in + smb.conf looks like the following: - we should set - ;security = user + [foo] + path = /home/bar/baz/foo + available = yes + browsable = yes + public = yes + writable = no - to - security = share + The expected result of such a stanza is a passwardless public share, + whether it was created in the GUI or manually added to smb.conf. It + already works properly like that when accessed from Nautilus, but when a + Windows XP client accesses the share, a username/password prompt + appears. - - So samba isn't such a PITA for a normal user. The reason I am reporting this is because if you don't do that, setting up shares with gnome (right click folder, "share folder") will not work properly. The windows computer will not be able to reach the said folder. + Adding "map to guest = Bad User" to smb.conf (as mentioned in the + comments) allows Windows XP clients to access these public shares + without being prompted, without breaking the security model for + nonpublic shares.
-- the security parameter must be set to share, not user, in smb.conf - Smb/Gnome sharing broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
