Samba and Passwords

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

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From: "Lord Sauron" <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com>
> I'm a bit stuck here.  I'm trying to get Samba to share two drives and
> my home folder.
> 
> At first it wasn't even on my workgroup (MILLER) however I managed to
> find a quickfix to that my putting workgroup = MILLER in smb.conf.
> However, I've got a new problem.
> 
> I can't find a way to make it so that the Windows machines in the
> house can read and write to the shares without needing a password.  I
> tried putting "everybody" in the valid users field, however, that
> didn't work.  Windows still displays a username/password prompt.  Even
> if I put lsauron (my user name) and my password into the prompt, it
> still rejects me.  I read through man:/smb.conf(5), however, I didn't
> find anything there that helped.
> 
> If anyone has any pointers, tips, howtos, or any other manner of
> media, I'd really appreciate it.
> 
> Attached is a copy of my smb.conf in case some of you are wondering
> how I could have gotten this situation I'm experiencing.
> 
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Two suggestions:
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/manual4/smbconf.html
also, while I don't think it's as good as swat, there's a samba configuration gui in the kdecontrol center (kcontrol > Internet & Network > Samba)
Paul

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