Samba with no passwords

[Tim Wunder]

On 8/5/2003 11:52 AM, someone claiming to be Collins Richey wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:04:51 -0600
> Collins Richey <erichey2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:59:41 -0600
>>Collins Richey <erichey2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:16:18 -0500
>>>Michael Hipp <Michael at Hipp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Collins Richey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Is there any way to cause the mount not to prompt for a passwd? 
>>>>>Hint, I have no defined users and do not log in to the WinXP
>>>>>box.
>>>>>
>>
>>>>If you put the appropriate line in /etc/fstab with password=,user=
>>>>then you can just do 'mount /mnt/samba'. (Or it may have to be
>>>>user=guest).
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks.  It works with user=guest.
>>>
>>
>>OK, now to dig a little deeper.  The set of directories (it varies)
>>that I'm wanting to access "appear" to have no common high level
>>directory(they are anchored on the WinXP desktop), so I need to do a
>>separate mount for each. Short of putting a big list in fstab, is
>>there any way to get a given directory mounted for general use upon
>>demand, either by command or by root command and make the permissions
>>such that normal users can manipulate it?
> 
> 
> After further experimentation
> 
> This works as root (no passwd prompt, no errors of any sort)
> 
> mount -t smbfs -o guest //name/Collins /mnt/smb-collins
> 
> But it does not work from normal user relying on fstab entry
> 
> //name/Collins /mnt/smb-collins     smbfs \
> noauto,user,guest  0 0
> 
> I get
> 
> mount //name/Collins
> cannot mount on /mnt/smb-collins: Operation not permitted
> smbmnt failed: 1
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Don't you need a username=guest line in there somewhere?
Check 'man smbmount'

HTH,
Tim