Connect to Samba shares without authentication

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More recent versions of #Windows try to enforce security in some kindof dumb ways, and one is that if you're attempting to access a Samba fileshare that doesn't require credentials, you might get something like

To solve, you need to allow "insecure guest logins" for remote shares . You can do this via either:

• gpedit.msc → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network → Lanman Workstation → Enable insecure guest logons
• In cmd.exe, reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters /v AllowInsecureGuestAuth /t reg_dword /d 00000001 /f
• In powershell, Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters" -Name "AllowInsecureGuestAuth" -Type DWord -Value 1