Samba 3.0 doesnt work the way 2.0 used to

Kessel · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 3

Hi
I used to run my smb server like followed:
[global]
security = user
map to guest = bad user
guest account = nobody
.....

[dieter] #share of the user dieter
path = /home/dieter
guest account = dieter
writeable, browseable, creamask.......

So whenever a Windows Box wanted to mount (can you say it that way?) the share -> map to guest and the guest was the owner of the share, he could, without a PW, write and read from the share.
But since Gentoo updated to samba 3.0 this doesnt work any more. The guest account in the different shares are ignored and the one discribed in [Global] -> nobody is used.

Please help me with his, though I know its not the safest way to run a smb server, I liked it that way.

Thanks

adaptr · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject:

You might want to read some of the new documentation over on www.samba.org; that's not the only thing that changed!
There are numerous changes to the security model, and Windows access options, and... just check out the official site.
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Kessel · n00b Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 3

Wow, just the answer I was hoping to get, you really helped me.

I am just answering because adaptr made me think of one strange thing.

using:
[global]
guest account = dieter
....
makes the share of dieter work, but of nobody else on the system. Using the uname of another user makes his share work, but none of the others.
So anything is set up properly for guest account =, it just doesnt work the way it should (even as it is described at samba.org docuentation).

And please, no answer like: "But its not safe" or RTFM, did nothing else for some hours now.

adaptr · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject:

nobspangle · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject:

what you are trying to do doesn't make sense.

Why would Dieter want to access his own share with a guest account, that just means anybody can access his share with full permissions, if that is the case for all the shares you may as well just chmod his directory 777 and use any old user for the guest.

If you say
[global]
guest account = dieter

then all the shares where guest ok = yes will be accessable provided they can be accessed by the unix user dieter

Guest access is usually used to give readonly access to shares, if you want the guest to have full access you just chmod the files to give that access.

Chris W · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject:

Putting the option