would use some help, im trying to set up smb to accept all connections from everywhere without password, to a /var/www/ directory, with all permissions. followed the tutorials, played with the config... but smth is wrong. XP prompts for un/pwd, then rejects, even when supplied admin/root/guest/existing user with the right pwd. here's what i have atm: [root@localhost samba]# cat smb.conf workgroup = Workgroup netbios name = Linux encrypt passwords = yes [homes] read only = no browseable = yes [www] path = /var/www read only = no public = yes guest ok = yes browseable = yes (NW its a dummy dev box on lan only)
PS i can connect with smbclient and username / pwd and it works okay. just from the win boxes won't work
nvm done. set security to share, directory as public and writeable and it worked. since it was a lot of bull around this issue heres my config: [global] server string = Linux workgroup = Workgroup netbios name = Linux encrypt passwords = no interfaces = eth0 hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 debug level = 10 security = share [www] comment = wwwroot path = /var/www read only = no public = yes guest ok = yes browseable = yes sorry if by posting that i'm breaking the tradition of never posting successful solutions to a problem.