Windows is requiring a username/password for a share with none
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I set up a samba share on one of my linux boxes that doesn't require a username/password to connect. I can connect to it fine from one of my other computers (running Linux) but i can't connect to it using my computer running Windows 7. When I try to connect to the share windows asks for a username/password, even though none exist.
Any suggestions?
[editline]05:18AM[/editline]
problem solved
Can you post the solution? I've had this issue in the past.
there was no solution really, only a work around
i had to make a user account for the share, windows doesn't accept blank usernames/passwords for connecting to shares
Windows 7 requires a user unless you are in the same home group, You can edit a registry setting and then it works. Cant remember what the link was, but that's how I fixed the issue. Google around some?
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;23462059]there was no solution really, only a work around
i had to make a user account for the share, windows doesn't accept blank usernames/passwords for connecting to shares[/QUOTE]
Incorrect, although it's not exactly intuitive. You'll need admin access for this solution:
[B]Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy.[/B]
[B]Expand Local Policies > Security Options[/B]
Scroll down to "[B]LAN Manager authentication level[/B]", open the policy and change the dropdown to this:
[B]Send LM & NTLM responses [/B]
Scroll down further to "[B]Minimum session security for NTLM SSP...[/B]" (there may be 2, one for clients and one for servers), open the policy(s) and disable the option for this:
[B]Require 128-bit encryption[/B]
You should now be able do it without a password.
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