how to access unrestricted SMB shares

[p.xoni]

Hi,

We have a home movie network with SMB shares that virtually have the shares open to the group “Everyone” so you don’t need a user name and password to look at or work with a movie share. I have noticed the WiiMC wants a user name and password. Is there anyway to program WiiMC to not require a user name and password ? I tried nothing in the user name and password field but that did not work. SMB networking works fine if I supply a proper use name and password, but… I have a number of machines with shares and don’t want to have to add user accounts to all of them to just get WiiMC working. XboxMC similarly works but it can browse shares and if you don’t have a use name and password… it’s ok. Sorry about the plug for XboxMC, it’s just a similar product that I also use.

Thanks for any assistance,
Les

[cadbusca]

Try adding Everyone to Security as well as Share.

[rodries]

I don’t think you can leave Username blank. You should put something appropriate in there, even if there’s no password (eg: Guest).

[cadbusca]

That’s not correct. Username and Password should be blank if the shares have none. Here’s my SMB Settings:

[rodries]

Setting sharing or security to “Everyone” isn’t the best idea. Someone really should write a guide on this, it’s too bad no-one has – the same questions keep coming up. 🙁

[cadbusca]

My understanding is that if you are behind a router then your PC has no security exposure from the outside world, hence if your internal network consists only of your system, the WII and other trusted family members then there is no exposure in using “Everyone”. Given that situation there would be no value in establishing userids and passwords and then having everyone on your network use them instead.

[jekaman]

@lelton wrote:

Hi,

We have a home movie network with SMB shares that virtually have the shares open to the group “Everyone” so you don’t need a user name and password to look at or work with a movie share. I have noticed the WiiMC wants a user name and password. Is there anyway to program WiiMC to not require a user name and password ? I tried nothing in the user name and password field but that did not work. SMB networking works fine if I supply a proper use name and password, but… I have a number of machines with shares and don’t want to have to add user accounts to all of them to just get WiiMC working. XboxMC similarly works but it can browse shares and if you don’t have a use name and password… it’s ok. Sorry about the plug for XboxMC, it’s just a similar product that I also use.

Thanks for any assistance,
Les

See this thread:
http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1300

[p.xoni]

Hi Guys,

The solution was to go to Network and Sharing Center / Advanced Sharing Options and then:

Turn ON network discovery
Turn OFF password protected sharing

As well ensuring that the Security tab of the share in explorer had the group Everyone setup for Full Control

Les

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