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Samba Question

Martin Hooper [martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk]
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:37:09 +0000

Is it possible to connect from Windows to a Samba share without requiring a password and user?

It's getting on my nerves having to input a password all the time!

Configuration file at http://martinjh.myby.co.uk/smb.conf


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Francis Daly [francis at daoine.org]
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:03:06 +0000

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 07:37:09AM +0000, Martin Hooper wrote:

Hi there,

> Is it possible to connect from Windows to a Samba share without 
> requiring a password and user?

Yes.

> It's getting on my nerves having to input a password all the time!
> 
> Configuration file at http://martinjh.myby.co.uk/smb.conf

Depending on other considerations, using SHARE rather than USER security might be appropriate. (But read the manual to learn whether you should do that.)

"Samba 3 by Example" is the name of a Fine Manual, with quite a few scenarios.

For what it's worth, googling for

connect from Windows to a Samba share without requiring a password and user
seems to give handy-looking information in the first few results.

All the best,

f

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Francis Daly        francis@daoine.org

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