samba: one password for different win98 machines

[Pegasus]

Hi,
I want to give some win98 machines access to a directory on my linux server. But because most win98-users don't know there username, i want to use one username. Is it possible to force samba to use a special account so that the win98-users dont have to enter a username, only a password? (like the 'win98-way-of-sharing-a-directory')
I've read something about "user=" ?

[taskara]

you can make a share that doesn't even require a password.

there is an example in the smb.conf file (public or tmp or something)

u can also use:
guest ok = yes

and there's a security section
security=user
change that to
security=share

give it a go.

[Pegasus]

thank you,
but i need some security: There are over 200 machines on this network, and i only want a couple of them to be able to access my computer. i could select them using their ip's but we"re using DHCP (so i'd rather not use this method).

[taskara]

why don't you use samba to create a domain server, and then log your win98 machines onto the domain ?

you can add users to your samba file by using

smbpasswd -a {username} (make sure they are a local linux user too)

then in your samba conf file use
security = user

users = {usernames}

I have a win98 machine here.. I'll check it out and let you know..

you should experiment and see what works for you

[delta407]

[Pegasus]

thank you,
that's exactly what i needed.