Password Prompt

[hellsbells]

Does anyone know how to stop being prompted for a password when connecting a share within Samba.

I am trying to map a network drive from Win2K to an AIX5L machine running samba 2.2.3. My smb.conf is as follows:

#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

netbios name = atoc-inttest
client code page = 950
workgroup = A-CENTRES-GB
server string = atoc-inttest
encrypt passwords = Yes
log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
max log size = 50
dns proxy = No
hosts allow =
wins support = yes

[public]

path = /tmp
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes

[logs]

path = /usr/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
guest ok = yes
read only = No
browseable = yes
valid users =
public = yes

When I try to map a drive I am being prompted for a password but it does not require a password so if you simply press ok it still carries on and maps the drive.

How do I disable this prompt?

 

[hawken]

Try the command smbpasswd -a username password for each user that accesses the server

 

[hellsbells]

Many thanks for your response.

When you connect to the share, you are presented with a logon screen - you do not need to logon - simply press okay and the share connects.

The users who will need to access the share are on a NT domain and change their passwords every 30 days. Thus this would cause a headache to administer.

Is there no way of just opening up a share globally without a password being prompted for at all?

 

[rzs0502]

Add security = share to your global section.

To prevent logon prompts and to maintain security, you need to use winbind