Re: [expert] samba

[Steven W. Laird]

jack malone wrote:
> 
>         Hi all. I think that i have samba running on my linux box for i see a
> share iin the win98 network neighborhood but can not access it for it says
> i need a password. What do I need to do to get it work so that the win98
> boxes can access the linux samba server, thanks in advance.

Here is the easiest way:
1.  The workgroup name should be the same as your windows box. Default
in win98 is WORKGROUP, you'll have to change the name in the
/etc/sbm.conf file from MYGROUP to WORKGROUP. (Or whatever you want it
to be...)
2.  It's easiest if the user name and password are EXACTLY the same on
both the linux and win98 boxes.
3.  If you're using Mandrake 6.1, encrypted passwords are enabled by
default. If you're using 6.0 you can either enable encryption in
smb.conf or turn encryption off on the win98 box. (See Samba docs for
more info)