On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 06:54:39PM +0100, robert fernando wrote: > Hi all, > Problem viewing a linux pc from windows > On a box running windows 98 I login using the login name x w > x space w > when I double click on the linux enty in network neighbourhood, I get > prompted for a password to enter, for the following resource \\debian\ipcs$ > which fails. > I think the reason it fails is due to there being no user acount on the > same box with the corresponfing user name as the one currently logged > into the win 98 box. > How do I create a suitable loggin / user on the linux box (debian 3.0 / > woddy). > adduser x w > or adduser --force-badname x w > or add user --force-badname 'x w' > does not work with an error message complainig about the space in the > user name.
Look into username map. I believe the lines are: in smb.conf: username map = /etc/samba/user.map in user.map: user_on_linux = "x w" Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
