I have Samba installed and working on my Fedora system, it mostly does what I expect but one entry doesn't. My smb.conf file has:-
# global section default service = default encrypt passwords = yes null passwords = yes workgroup = IBMPEERS nt acl support = no
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# # # ISBD, user is set to isbd to allow read/write # [isbd] comment = ISBD force user = isbd path = /home/isbd guest ok = yes writable = yes
By my reading of the smb.conf manual page that should allow anyone in to access /home/isbd, it should make them act as the user 'isbd' and it should give write access. (Remember this is a home intranet, two users, who both want access to the ISBD files)
In practice when connecting from XP I always seem to have to enter a valid password to get access.
In general what's the easiest way to make Samba shares appear in XP 'automagically' without having to enter passwords etc.?