shares without passwords

[gordhynes]

is it possible to setup the HDA to not require authentication to the server in order to access the files and folders? Since I'm not concerned internally, and my firewall does its job very well.

any insight would be great!

[cpg]

Yes, this is possible, however it's untested.

Basically, make the shares all writeable and accesible by everyone.

Then create users with blank passwords. This is not possible at the moment with the web interface. you need to use the command line:

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sudo smbpasswd USERNAME

Then leave the password blank. I'll skip the part about how good this idea is

This may still ask for a password in some clients, due to the way we have set things up in samba - not sure.

Maybe you can produce a patch to make it easier to do this?

[gordhynes]

the part about the passwords... ya can be skipped

If the new v5 supports the newest version of Samba - then I don't have problems really (my w7 boxes would then be able to join the domain). Checking the logs on my Vista and XP machines - the userenv errors are prevalent - something I also hope to see fixed in V5. I can deal with the password thing just fine, for now.