Can't Access Public Samba Share

[JoeHill]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:31:12 -0400
Lennart Sorensen got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:

> > I got it to prompt for a password, but not user. It's Win98, so it doesn't
> > have the 'connect as' capability, AFAICT.  
> 
> Win98/95 always connects as whatever user you are logged in as.  Perhaps
> using the 'net' command line tool would let you add a username.
> 
> > I did a google search and found these bits to change/add in my smb.conf
> > 
> > 	security = share
> >         workgroup = WORKGROUP
> > 
> > It worked like a charm. Sorry, should always Google before I ask :P
> > 
> > I'm not sure that's a good setting, tho, is that less secure? I'm behind a
> > firewall so I don't think anyone could access the share from outside...  
> 
> It's just a different way to do it.

Cool. So futzing around with that crappy Win98...thing...ended up being a
valuable Linux learning experience after all.

I tells ya, 'Windows Networking' is a freaking oxymoron :-\

Thanks to all who replied!

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