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For details about setting up a share that users can access without authenticating, see [[Setting up Samba as a Standalone Server]].
= Anonymous Read-Only Share =


The following /etc/samba/smb.conf file shows an example how to configure a read-only file share with guest access. Two directives are used to configure guest access – <map to guest = Bad user> and <guest account = nobody>.


/etc/samba/smb.conf:
<pre>
[global]
workgroup = SAMBA
security = user
map to guest = Bad user


[data]
comment = Anonymous Samba Share
path = /samba/anon_share
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
</pre>


= Anonymous Read-Write Share =


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/etc/samba/smb.conf:
[[Category:Active Directory]]
<pre>
[[Category:Domain Members]]
[global]
[[Category:File Serving]]
workgroup = SAMBA
[[Category:NT4 Domains]]
security = user
map to guest = Bad user

[data]
comment = Anonymous Samba Share
path = /samba/anon_share
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
force user = myuser
force group = mygroup
</pre>

Latest revision as of 14:31, 24 March 2017

For details about setting up a share that users can access without authenticating, see Setting up Samba as a Standalone Server.