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Many security_mode=share issues here, what's the problem?
With Security Mode=share, people are having issues with new, non passworded shares, where Windows (7 & Vista & I think XP) asks for a userid/password for what should be an open/guest access. Seems ...
I am on an RN600 running 4.1.10, and user security mode is too much overhead for my environment. It seems like editing the configuration file would be easier. I am not often creating shares, just adding to them. Can anyone give me instructions on how to:
- Edit the /etc/samba/smbpasswd configuration file and delete the parameter “D”
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