Windows 8 anonymous share

If it's a small group of users, you could create local accounts for them on the machine, create a group, and give that group access to only that one folder. If it's a web server in a DMZ, maybe setting up a web front end would be better so you can better security than "Everyone has access to do whatever to these files".

Then you will see that the domain that is visible in the login dialog disappears. Windows 10 Pro here. I could not get a truly anonymous share to work, no matter what.

But that might not be really necessary, since Guest shares still work and they accept any username with a blank password:. Remember that Guest is a member of Everyone group, along with all other users, so you don't have to give explicit permissions to Guest if Everyone is already allowed, but Users and Authenticated Users do not include Guest. I would try to toggle the "simple file sharing" setting in the Windows Explorer settings and see how that changes things.

Then , on top of that, edit the permissions for your share to allow non-domain, non-authenticated users. On my Windows 10 machine I've checked all proposed solutions to find out what is actually necessary. I had this problem with Windows Server After a lot of searching i found this page: No-password file share still requires login.

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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How can an unauthenticated user access a windows share? Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 5 months ago. Active 1 year, 3 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Jeremy Jeremy 2 2 gold badges 9 9 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.

Is the guest account activated on the machine? I hope that it isn't? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Evan Anderson Evan Anderson k 18 18 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. We ended up using an XP machine off the domain, with guest enabled.

Open the Group Policy Editor e. CodeFox CodeFox 3 3 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. This is sad, It is still not working for me after 5 recepies and 10 holes opened. I will close all holes and use dropbox to share folder on local network.

You can configure anonymous access to data stored in an access zone through Guest user impersonation. For each SMB share, you can add share-level permissions for specific users and groups.

This task may only be performed at the OneFS command-line interface. OneFS includes a configurable Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP service, which is used to request files that are stored on the cluster and to interact with the web administration interface. Home OneFS Web Administration Guide The OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor an EMC Isilon cluster.

Managing SMB shares You can configure the rules and other settings that govern the interaction between your Windows network and individual SMB shares on the cluster.

Configure anonymous access to a single SMB share You can configure anonymous access to data stored on a single share through Guest user impersonation.

OneFS Web Administration Guide The OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor an EMC Isilon cluster.

About this guide This guide describes how the web administration interface provides access to cluster configuration, management, and monitoring functionality. Where to go for support This topic contains resources for getting answers to questions about products. Anonymous access to SMB shares You can configure anonymous access to SMB shares by enabling the local Guest user and allowing impersonation of the guest user. Modify SMB share permissions, performance, or security You can modify the permissions, performance, and access settings for individual SMB shares.

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Viewed 67k times. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. To check on simple file sharing: Open an explorer window Click Tools, Folder Options At the bottom of the list is the checkbox for simple filesharing. Improve this answer. Tim Coker Tim Coker 3 3 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I tried enabling simple sharing on one of the XP machines and it didn't make a difference. Unfortunately I never got to the bottom of this, but we eventually did a fresh reinstall on the XP Pro machines and now your solution works as expected. Matthew Lock 2 2 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Barry Johnson Barry Johnson. This solved the problem for me, hope it will help some people!

Community Bot 1. Restarted Windows XP. Cesar Daniel Cesar Daniel 2 2 bronze badges.