Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: Just as I suspected from the last time I tried to avoid SHARE security, this still triggers credentials prompts in Windows XP (though it doesn't much care what credentials you provide). You didn't say anything about XP. Not that I have an XP machine t

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:48:57 -0800 Gordon Messmer wrote: > ... > map to guest = Bad User > ... Just as I suspected from the last time I tried to avoid SHARE security, this still triggers credentials prompts in Windows XP (though it doesn't much care what credentials you provide). It seems

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-28 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/28/2013 07:15 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 28.01.2013 14:01, schrieb Steven Stern: >> This works for XP: > > public below may work > >> $ more smb.conf >> [global] >> workgroup = LITTERBOX >> server string = samba >> security = share > > this works surely not with samba 4.0.x or bet

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-28 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.01.2013 14:01, schrieb Steven Stern: > This works for XP: public below may work > $ more smb.conf > [global] > workgroup = LITTERBOX > server string = samba > security = share this works surely not with samba 4.0.x or better said has no effect if you re-read the OP > passdb backend = td

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-28 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/25/2013 06:21 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > smbd[20596]: WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'SHARE' for parameter 'security' > > This is unacceptably stupid. The guys with the tinfoil hats > who think that connecting a computer to AC power is insecure > have obviously taken over. > > It is now utte

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-27 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/25/2013 04:21 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: Now, please use this rant as motivation to prove I'm wrong by posting a tested, working, smb.conf file that provides a read/write windows file share which requires no credentials prompt on the windows box. Fine. I tested the configuration that follows

Re: rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-25 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 25.01.2013 13:21, schrieb Tom Horsley: > smbd[20596]: WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'SHARE' for parameter 'security' > > This is unacceptably stupid. The guys with the tinfoil hats > who think that connecting a computer to AC power is insecure > have obviously taken over. > > It is now utt

rant: cifs utterly screwed in fedora 18

2013-01-25 Thread Tom Horsley
smbd[20596]: WARNING: Ignoring invalid value 'SHARE' for parameter 'security' This is unacceptably stupid. The guys with the tinfoil hats who think that connecting a computer to AC power is insecure have obviously taken over. It is now utterly impossible to provide a windows share from a linux bo