ubuntu samba, windows network - username password issues

[Jimmy Wu]

Thanks a lot.  Now I don't have to deal with the password anymore :-)
Jimmy


On 6/29/07, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 29/06/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have recently, with a lot of fiddling/searching forums etc., managed
> to
> > get my windows xp and ubuntu 7.04 computers to communicate with each
> other
> > over a network.
> > Both computers can open each other's shared folders/directories, with
> the
> > expected read/write access permissions.
> >
> > My only question is this:
> > Connecting to my ubuntu computer from windows requires the samba user
> name
> > and password that I set up with smbpasswd.
> > Is there any way to access Ubuntu shares without this password? -since I
> use
> > these computers at home, I really don't need the protection of having a
> > password, and it's just an extra annoyance to type it in.
>
>
>
> Just what you are looking for
>
>
> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/26/how-to-build-a-dirt-easy-home-nas-server-using-samba/
>
> HTH
> Brian
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20070629/e31f00b4/attachment.html>