Samba + Browsable Shares

[Chuckles]

Kim Hawtin wrote:
> Spyro Polymiadis wrote:
>   
>> Christopher Organ wrote:
>>     
>>> I assume share$ is no good as it will hide it from allowed users?
>>>       
> 8<
>   
>> I had a share on my server sharing out the root directory once..
>>
>> [root]
>>       comment = Root's Home
>>       path = /root
>>       writeable = yes
>>       valid users = spyro
>>       browseable = yes
>>       public =no
>>       guest ok = no
>>
>> Im pretty sure it was set up in the way you are trying to achieve..
>>     
>
> its "browseable = yes" and "valid users = spyro" and "public = no"
> that you want.
>
> but this does mean that the user is required to login before they can
> browse anything... which is a feature AFAIC.
>
> you may have to map a drive first, if you don't have the 'guest' user
> mapped to a local user.
>
> cheers,
>
> Kim
>   
On that topic, what is the guest user that winXP uses by default? I 
thought it was nobody but that doesn't seem to be working