Samba with no passwords

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 16:34:38 +0200
Klaus-Peter Schrage <kpschrage at gmx.de> wrote:

> Collins Richey 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?
> >
> >  
> >
> Have you tried out smbclient which allows you to browse a samba share 
> without mounting it:
> smbclient //name_of _computer/directory_name ?
> 
> Even more comfortable, in kde konqueror you can browse by entering the
> 
> address
> smb://name_of _computer/directory_name
> (the same works in gnome nautilus, as far as I know).

Excellent suggestion.  Since I'm totally a novice with smb stuff, I
wasn't aware of smbclient.  That's a good workaround.

As to konqueror, browsing works after replying to about 10 dialog boxes,
since it doesn't aprove of user=quest without a password. Not
especially user friendly <grin>.

As to kde and gnome in general, I don't need the overhead, so this would
only be an occasional use item.

xfce xffm is supposed to allow browsing, but unfortunately (version 4)
it fails to expand my local network (no indication of errors, it just
doesn't work).

Thanks for the pointer.

-- 
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.