[KLUG Members] Samba bug or feature?

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

>I upgraded from Samba 1.9.something to 2.2.3a and there is an annoying

Mmm,  I've is discovered several interesting things about 2.2.3a,  although not
this problem.

If you've got printers attached to the 2.2.3a box for NT / WinY2k / XP(aka the
official OS of Angamandi) go and get the patches from
http://ftp.samba.org/ftp/jerry/samba-2.2.3a-patches/, apply and rebuild ASAP.

>difference.  Previously machines without a network login were able to
>browse certain directories and use printers with the "guest account".
>Now it's asking for a password on the guest account.  Previously the
>account didn't have a password ("*" in /etc/passwd), but I had to assign

Your not using encrypted passwords?

>it one, and it has to be correct before anyone can browse the server or
>connect to these shares.  The shares in question have "guest ok"
>specified in smb.conf.
>If I have to give the guest account a password, how is that any
>different than a normal account now???

Do you have a valid "guest account =" in your globals stanza.