Samba with no passwords

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:58:27 -0400
Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:

> 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'
> 

I've also tried that.  The mount command works with either -o guest or
-o user=guest,password= , but I've found no combination that will work
in fstab.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.