Samba access from a XP domain PC

[bogd_A]

HI,

I'm having trouble accessing samba share (firmware included or Samba2) from a XP Domain PC.

When accessing shared folders I get a logon windows with:
user: name_of asus\guest - not editable
pass:

I know it is a security aspect regarding a domain PC, and I can't change anything regarding that, but is there a way to make some changes in the samba config in order to resolve this issue?

Thank you in advance.

[wpte]

are you sure you made guest allow in samba 2?

btw... what is a windows domain?
you mean just a normal windows xp installation right?

[DrChair]

HI,

I'm having trouble accessing samba share (firmware included or Samba2) from a XP Domain PC.

I think anonymous access to samba is only working if all pc's are in the same workgroup / domain. So that's no option.

The way I use it, i have anonymous access to samba disabled.
Then when I connect with my corporate laptop (which is joined to a domain), I get prompted for a username and password.

You can also create an extra user on your router, with the same username/password you use on your laptop. This way it should connect to the share without prompting for a username/password.

[bogd_A]

I think anonymous access to samba is only working if all pc's are in the same workgroup / domain. So that's no option.

The way I use it, i have anonymous access to samba disabled.
Then when I connect with my corporate laptop (which is joined to a domain), I get prompted for a username and password.

You can also create an extra user on your router, with the same username/password you use on your laptop. This way it should connect to the share without prompting for a username/password.

Can you help me with a step by step guide, assuming I have the default settings on Samba 2.
Tryed to make the config but I had no luck, now, on my XP domain PC nothing changed, but on my VISTA PC I get a logon window with name and pass, but can't get acces

On my first setup I used the default firmware on my Wl 500 gp V2, and I was able to access from my XP domain PC shared samba shared folders from the attached HDD, so is just a mather of samba config ... and I must admit is something about I have almost no knowledge.

Thank you

[bogd_A]

are you sure you made guest allow in samba 2?

btw... what is a windows domain?
you mean just a normal windows xp installation right?

Hi

I have guest allow in samba 2, but ... still nothing.

My laptop, which I use at my work, is a member of a domain, you can set this under System - Computer name, This is tye way of accesing servers, files, etc, on my company network.

[xgold]

there is no solution for this?

[kolp]

Check your samba config, I had similar issue and all I had to do was re-do the samba config again. Whose tutorial did you follow and if possible post your samba config.

[xgold]

Check your samba config, I had similar issue and all I had to do was re-do the samba config again. Whose tutorial did you follow and if possible post your samba config.

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 192.168.2.104 (192.168.2.104)
# Date: 2008/07/10 22:29:58

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = INDPT
netbios name = ASUS
server string = Disco
security = SHARE
log file = /opt/var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
guest account = Guest
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.2.

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home
read only = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /opt/var/spool/samba
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[tmp]
path = /tmp
read only = No

[www]
comment = HTTP server files
path = /opt/share/www
read only = No

[torrent]
comment = Home Directories
path = /tmp/harddisk/torrent
read only = No

[DrChair]

I see you are using samba with share-security. This is known to cause difficulties with some versions of windows.

I would change security = SHARE into security = USER
Next you need to specify the path to smbpasswd and enable encrypted passwords:

encrypt passwords = Yes
smb passwd file = /opt/etc/samba/smbpasswd

You can use smbpasswd to set the samba password for your users