Description of problem: When I installed Fedora Core 2 Test 3, it did two things no other distro has ever done automatically on install: 1) it found my shared folders on my networked home XP machine. 2) it found and identified the printer on that same machine. However, when trying to print or access those shared folders, it prompted me for a password. None exists. On other distros, I've manually set up Samba after an install and I've never seen these prompts. To fix the Printer problem, based on someone's suggestion, I simply went in to Print Manager settings, selected Guest as user and left the password blank. I then selected 'automatically share printers.' That did the trick. But, given that Fedora has actually worked out the preceding complex steps on install, it might be helpful if the logon issue when attempted to print defaulted to not needing a password unless one actually exists. For the second problem of accessing my shared folders, I've tried a number of things and still haven't found the solution. So, this isn't a hard bug, it's a soft bug, suggesting a change in defaults on install to remove password prompts from popping up when no password actually exists on the other machine. Rory Gleeson Toronto, Canada
[This is a mass update sent to many bugs that missed earlier such messages due to having their version set to a test version.] This bug was originally filed against a version of Fedora Core which is no longer supported, even for security updates. Many changes have occured since then. Please retest this bug against a still supported version. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier. This bug will be closed after a few weeks if no information is given indicating that the bug is still present in a supported release.
Closing per lack of response to previous request for information. This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version for which this bug is confirmed. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. Please install a still supported version and retest. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier.