2009/164 Support for guest access to CIFS/SMB shares

[Joep Vesseur]

On 03/09/09 19:37, Jordan Brown wrote:
> [...]    Windows systems typically
>          use a predefined local account called Guest to represent guest
>          connections, although this account can be renamed.  On Solaris,
>          the system administrator can define an idmap name-based rule to
>          map Guest to any local Solaris username, such as guest or
>          nobody.  For example:
> 
>          # idmap add winname:Guest unixuser:guest


What mapping occurs when no explicit name-based rule is created? i.e. what
permissions are used by default for guest access?
Or will guest access fail if no explicit name-based rule is created?

Joep