cannot browse root shares in guest mode

[erdoukki]

cannot browse root shares in guest mode in 3.3.7, but I can access if a specify the share mount point...

[namjaejeon]

Can you give us how to reproduce ? What client do you use to reproduce ? and please share contents in smb.conf.

[erdoukki]

Server side :
OpenWrt SNAPSHOTS on MVEBU (EspressoBin Board)

root@LS421DE:~# cat /etc/ksmbd/smb.conf
[global]
	netbios name = LS421DE
	server string = Ksmbd on OpenWrt
	workgroup = WORKGROUP
	interfaces = eth0 
	bind interfaces only = yes
	ipc timeout = 20
	deadtime = 15
	map to guest = Bad User
	smb2 max read = 64K
	smb2 max write = 64K
	smb2 max trans = 64K
	cache read buffers = no
	cache trans buffers = no

######### Dynamic written config options #########

[LS421DE-1]
	path = /mnt/sda1
	force user = root
	force group = root
	create mask = 0666
	directory mask = 0777
	read only = no
	guest ok = yes
	inherit owner = yes
	hide dot files = no

[LS421DE-2]
	path = /mnt/sdb1
	force user = root
	force group = root
	create mask = 0666
	directory mask = 0777
	read only = no
	guest ok = yes
	inherit owner = yes
	hide dot files = no
root@LS421DE:~# 

Clients side :
Apple iPhone and iPad with
or
Linux Ubuntu Desktop

Same problems with an error message about bad authentication or an authentication dialog shown.

Mounting or accessing directly the shares works fine, without authentication dialog, or with guest success

[eximido]

Same on both Windows 10 and Windows 7 - it always shows an authentication dialog without any ability to skip it.
There are also some people on OpenWrt community forum complaining about this issue.

The last version with fully working guest mode was 3.3.4.

[mmakassikis]

This seems to be the same issue that was reported on the mailing list:
https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-cifsd/mailman/message/37250971/

Can you add the following config in smb.conf and test again ?

[IPC$]
    guest ok = yes

[erdoukki]

[IPC$] guest ok = yes

WORKS ! thanks...

modifying, on openwrt, the template and restart ksmbd service :
root@LS421DE:~# cat /etc/ksmbd/smb.conf.template

[global]
	netbios name = |NAME|
	server string = |DESCRIPTION|
	workgroup = |WORKGROUP|
	interfaces = |INTERFACES|
	bind interfaces only = yes
	ipc timeout = 20
	deadtime = 15
	map to guest = Bad User
	smb2 max read = 64K
	smb2 max write = 64K
	smb2 max trans = 64K
	cache read buffers = no
	cache trans buffers = no
[IPC$]
    guest ok = yes

service ksmbd restart

Share are available without any dialog for authentication...
Test from ubuntu

thanks

[erdoukki]

confirmed to work fine also for browsing shares as guest (without authentication) from FileExplorer on iPhone !

[erdoukki]

in 21.02-rc3, problem back again (ksmbd 3.3.9)

[erdoukki]

problem disappear just by changing sharename (I was using the hostname as sharename)...