Mount Windows public share on Linux without username & password

Question

I am using a backup script to first make a mysql dump file on a linux box and then copy it to a windows network share. This works fine if the network share has a username and password asscociated with it however this new share has no user /password protection and I cant seem to mount this new share on the linux box. Keep getting "permission denied". If I leave out the username / password from the mount.cifs command it defaults to the linux username and prompts for password which never works as it is not set up on the windows share. I dont have access to the Windows server to change this.

Is there a way to mount this new share without username and password?

Solution

Did you try using the option guest ? Or user=,password= ?

But I'm affraid you can't if the share is not allowed to Everyone

Comments

[Squid_Vicious]

Yes, tried that but would not work.

[Squid_Vicious]

However, just a thought, The Linux username and password does not exist on the domain but will use a username and password that does to see if that makes a difference even though Everyone access has been enabled on the Windows folder

[Piyush Kumar]

user=, password= works perfectly

[WooYek]

user=guest password=guest worked here

[Joe Huang]

@SledgehammerPL not work. Still ask my password of root.

[htmlcoderexe]

@SledgehammerPL this worked for my setup