samba smb.conf file

[Jade Bulante]

I would like to make a UNIX directory \perl\ftp available to to the public with read and write permission.Everytime I try to access the samba server, it prompts me for a username and password. I need this to go away and have the directory available to the domain. Is this possible? Need help.

[Steven E. Protter]

You need to configure samba for this.

In case its active directory
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Manuals:
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Unified domain manual
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Maybe the configuration script will make it easier.
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[Pradeep Sadanapalli]

smb.conf

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workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = Hostname
server string = Perl ftp
security = DOMAIN
username map = usr/local/samba/lib/username.map
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[Perl_ftp]
comment = Perl ftp
path = /perl/ftp
read only = No
guest ok = Yes


#cat /usr/local/samba/lib/username.map
ftpuser=userdomainid

#grep ftpuser /etc/passwd
ftpuser:Nologin:UID:GID:Samba user for perl ftp:/usr/users/ftpuser:/usr/local/bin/bash


Whenever a domain user, say abc, tries \\Hostname , then the samba server validates abc in username.map file and then provides access to /perl/ftp folder with ftpuser access permissions. Set access permissions to /perl/ftp for ftpuser account. If you want to allow everyone to access this share, in username.map, do ftpuser=*(Please verify this)