Cfrgtkky

I am trying to create Samba shares that are fully public so anyone can access them on the network.
However no matter what config options i put in i always get prompted for a login which is not what i want.
Here is my current config:

[global]

        path = /home/dataserver/

        read only = no

        guest ok = yes

        writable = yes

        force user = dataserver

        follow symlinks = yes

        wide links = yes

        unix extensions = no

        avaliable = yes

        browseable = yes

        public = yes

        security = user

        server string = DataServer

        guest account = root

        public = yes

        avaliable = yes



[Accounts]

        description = Accounts Folder

        path = /home/dataserver/Accounts/

        read only = no

        guest ok = yes

        writable = yes

[Backup]

        description = Backup Folder

        path = /home/dataserver/Backup/

        read only = no

        guest ok = yes

        writable = yes

[Databases]

        description = Databases Folder

        path = /home/dataserver/Databases/

        read only = no

        guest ok = yes

        writable = yes

The default smb.conf supplied by Ubuntu contains a parameter missing from your smb.conf. Without the override samba defaults to map to guest = Never which pretty much does what it sounds like it would do - Never allow guest access.

Restore the missing override by adding the following to the [global] section of smb.conf:

map to guest = Bad User

Then restart smbd:

sudo service smbd restart