[linux-help] Re: Samba w/o password?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it can be done.  However... based on my own experienc using Samba, I
would plan for at least a several day transition period... so tell your wife
or whoever else that the file server and/or Internet may be inaccessable for
a while.  (Getting IP Masq to work is easy... Samba can be
tricky--espeically if you have several versions of Windows on your network).

The password issue has been "fixed" in recent versions of Samba, so you
should no longer have to patch Windows to work with Samba.  And you can
create 'public' shares w/ Samba just as you do in Windows, thus avoiding the
need for passwords to access the files.

-- Jonathan


On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 07:45:51AM -0500, David Carmichael wrote:
> 
> OK is there any way to set up a PC using IP/Masking/Routing where the drives
> [two harddrives, one CD-ROM, one DVD-ROM] can be shared/mapped to
> Windows'9x/XP machines with out the need of 'patching' each of the windows
> machines, forcing them to logon every time they reboot???
> 
> Here is the deal... I have a P-233MX based socket-7 system.. all the
> hardware has Linux drivers...
> Currently I am running Win'98SE Internet Sharing software and this system is
> my gateway system to my DSL modem for the rest of my home network.
> 
> Trouble is this system keeps freezing up on me for unknown reasons.... and
> would like to try LINUX on this system...but do not want to make things
> harder on my wife to access the drives and the internet from her Win'98
> system.
> 
> The last time I wanted to try to do this Samba was not working correctly
> with Win'98 systems due to password protection.
> 
> --David
> 
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