Browse Samba server from XP

Irving, Dave Dave.Irving at logicacmg.com
Tue Mar 1 13:30:19 UTC 2005


Ah... Its got a bit more interesting...
My server is now showing up when I explore the windows workgroup.
I've added a public share area, with this config:

[publicShare]
  readOnly = No
  public = Yes
  browseable = Yes
  writeable = Yes
  path = /home/public

I can log in no problem if I supply my samba user name / password.
The problem Im having is that if someone unknown to samba tries to access
the share from an XP box, they are challenged for a username / password.
I've set my "guest account" to "nobody" - and there is an entry for nobody
in /etc/passwd - but other than that I've made no alterations.
Is there something else I need to set-up to allow anonymous access?

Thanks,

Dave
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Irving, Dave [mailto:Dave.Irving at logicacmg.com] 
Sent: 01 March 2005 13:09
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: RE: Browse Samba server from XP

Thanks - its sorted now :o) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Apprich [mailto:a.apprich at science-computing.de]
Sent: 01 March 2005 13:04
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Browse Samba server from XP

Hi Dave,

Irving, Dave wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I've set up a Samba server on my new Fedora 3 install.
> I can connect to it directly from an XP box with no problems, but it 
> does not show when I browse the network from an XP box.
> I've been looking thru the docs provided with the install and on the 
> net, but cant find anything that's immediately obvious. Ive done a 
> nbtstat on my XP box and used the workgroup name I found here as my 
> Samba
workgroup.
> If someone could point me in the right direction it'd be greatly 
> appreciated...
> 

I might be wrong, but is this what you are looking for?
 From man smb.conf

announce as (G)
    This  specifies what type of server nmbd(8) will announce itself as,
    to a network neighborhood browse list. By default this is set to
    Windows NT. The valid options are : "NT Server" (which can also be
    written as "NT"), "NT  Workstation", "Win95"  or  "WfW"  meaning
    Windows  NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95 and Windows
    for Workgroups respectively. Do not change this parameter unless you
    have a specific need to stop Samba appearing as an NT server  as
    this may prevent Samba servers from participating as browser servers
    correctly.

    Default: announce as = NT Server
    Example: announce as = Win95


also, for your shares (e.g. [home]) add

    browseable = yes

> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 

Hth

Alex

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