I have a CIFS share on a NetApp device. I want this share to be completely open to any user/computer on the same network. I don't want any authentication (domain, workgroup, etc) required; no login/password should need to be provided.
Currently I have CIFS configured to use "Domain – Windows 2000" authentication and have the permissions on the share set to "Everyone – Full Read/Write" but if you try to connect to it from a machine that isn't bound to the domain it is asking for login info.
Best Answer
The problem is the domain trust level of authentication. If you're going from a non-domain client to a domain server, it'll always ask for a username/password. As far as I know, this cannot be circumvented.