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July 5, 2007 at 06:02 AM
d.g.bamforth

How to enable null share access on 2003 member server

by d.g.bamforth . Updated 19 years ago

Hi,

I am attempting to allow anonymous access to a specific share however I am still getting asked for credentials whenever I try connect to it, at this point I can put in any credentials (no password necessary) and it will work, however I need to get rid of this window and allow users to connect without any interaction.

Here is what I have done so far …

Enable the guest account and give it a blank password

Group policy changes:
Network Access: allow anonymous SID/Name translation: disabled
Network Access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts: disabled
Network Access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts and shares: disabled
Network Access: let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users: enabled
Network Access: restrict remote access to named pipes and shares: disabled

I have done this at domain policy level as well as on the individual server. Still works (or rather doesn’t) the same way.

I have noticed that if I map the unc path via the command line I get this error.

The password or user name is invalid for \\server\share.

Enter the user name for \\server:

If I supply anything as the username at this point or map it with the switch “/user:domain\randomanything” it works fine, (no password needed).

Any solutions would be great.

Daryl

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