Samba asking for login before viewing shares?

[biggyk]

Im finally starting to get the hang of setting proper permissions for each of my shares but one thing im confused about is when I type in //freenas to access my shares. It will ask for a login before I can see the shares. I wanted to be able to get into it and see the shares and then ask for login when you click on one. Reason being is I have two private shares for each user in my house but then I also have a media share for my kodi devices and a guest share that is completely open for any guests in my house wishing to access or transfer a file. So I don't want a guest or my kodi devices being prompted for a login before they even see the share. Hope this makes sense.

 

[SweetAndLow]

Set the shares to guest only mode?

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[biggyk]

Set the shares to guest only mode?

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But Im guessing all would have to be set to guest. What I mean is when I click on network in windows and it shows all my networking devices, if I click on freenas it will ask for login before I can go in a see the shares? That normal?

 

[SweetAndLow]

I have a feeling you are sharing your root pool, is this correct? You should only make shares for datasets.

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[biggyk]

If you mean sharing /mnt/Main then no but i have datasets such as mnt/main/Mike and mnt/main/Media that im sharing.

 

[SweetAndLow]

You should be able to map those shares directly. Don't bother with the network section of Windows.

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[biggyk]

You should be able to map those shares directly. Don't bother with the network section of Windows.

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Ok i just wanted to make sure it was easy a possible for guest to open that share without login prompts or anything. Il skip it all together.

 

[SweetAndLow]

You can do it your original way also. I have no clue why it asks for a password

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[biggyk]

You can do it your original way also. I have no clue why it asks for a password

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should the /mnt/main stay as unix type and keep it as root?

 

[SweetAndLow]

Yes always

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[biggyk]

Yes always

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Sounds good.

One issue im having and I had the same while using ubuntu server is accessing my private shares from an android device. Using es file manager when i click on my share (/mnt/main/mike says this has no set permissions and not even a way to login. The guest only shares I can access no problem.

 

[biggyk]

Can I have my datasets as Unix while using smb shares??

 

[SweetAndLow]

Can I have my datasets as Unix while using smb shares??

Yes you can do, no you should not do it. Group permissions and some other edge cases will not work.

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[biggyk]

Yes you can do, no you should not do it. Group permissions and some other edge cases will not work.

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Okay, I finally got all my hardware and built the NAS last night. Just trying to tune all the permissions and getting certain plugins working properly.