samba installed from scratch on fc9 doesn't work for me

[Massimo Maiurana]

Craig White, il 27/08/2008 19:05, scrisse:

>> I even tried with secutity share, and this way I'm able to access 
>> the share, but only with barbara's password.
>> if I try to access without a password it says "server not using user 
>> level security and no password supplied".
[...]
> It would be easier if you understood the differences between security =
> user and security = share
> 
> security = user is the default and typically recommended method. This
> simulates the type of networking since the release of WinNT4 and a user
> need only connect to the server in one instance (user/password) and it
> connects to all resources from that server. If the user logs in to his
> Windows computer with the same user/password combination, then that
> should automatically be passed to the Samba server without any need for
> user entry.
> 
> security = share emulates the type of file sharing that was typical of
> Windows 95 & Windows 98 where each share requires login with a user name
> and password each time. Security = share has languished with little
> attention since it is rarely used and probably will be phased out before
> too long.

I tried with security=share because "man smb.conf" states:
<from "man smb.conf">
If the service is marked “guest only = yes” and the server is 
running with share-level security (“security = share”, steps 1 to 5 
are skipped.
[...]
6. If the service is a guest service, a connection is made as the 
username given in the guest account = for the service, irrespective 
of the supplied password.
<\from "man smb.conf">

so I thought that if I would set security=share, and set "guest 
only=yes" in the share, I could have connect to that share from 
everywhere and as everyone... unfortunately it isn't so on fedora, 
while it is so on my home pc :(

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