[NTLUG:Discuss] force group ownership

Bobby Wrenn bjwrenn at augustmail.com
Mon Feb 4 10:24:12 CST 2002


I can't find any Samba options in linuxconf.  I couldn't find "Map to
Guest" or "Bad User" the O'Reilly Samba book. Is "Map To Guest = Bad
User" a valid entry in the share in smb.conf?

Bobby

"Rob Holland (INSI)" wrote:
> 
> If you go into linuxconf, Samba file server, defaults, password tab and set
> the Map To Guest = Bad User, then Windows clients will be able to browse the
> Planning share through Network Neighborhood, or by mapping a drive letter,
> without having to set up any additional accounts on the Linux server.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bobby Wrenn" <bobby at wrennest.com>
> To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] force group ownership
> 
> > Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> > >
> > > The easy answer to this is that all users that aren't in the planning
> group are "world users".
> > > So while you could create a single user and have many people share the
> username and password is this really what your looking for?
> >
> > Yes, that is what I am looking for. I don't want to create users for
> > everyone.
> > Right now this share is running on a renegade Linux box. I just want an
> > easy way for all the sales people on the WAN/VPN to get to this share
> > without having to be a unique user on the Samba server.
> >
> > TIA again
> > Bobby
> >
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