On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, John Marr wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I am trying to set up my Samba server v2.0.5a. I have been rerading
> documentation for the past month, and I feel like I have some idea of what
> is going on, but I am now at a point where I don't know what to do.
>
> Before I tell you the problem, I want to let you know I have read the samba
> articles at linuxnewbie.org as well as the article in the recent linux
> magazine. I also own SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours, which I have
> pretty much read twice.
>
>
> Anyways. . . the good stuff
>
> server: 486/75 16mb ram --slackware 7.0
> compaq: amd 375 128mb ram --windows 98 as profile Jashu
>
>
> My problem revolves around valid passwords. I have set up my server and
> made sure that the samba/private/smbpasswd file contains the password for my
> user, Jashu.
>
> smbclient -L server -N reveils the following:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Added interface ip=192.168.42.1 bcast=192.168.42.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.0.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Domain=[MARRNET] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.5a]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> public Disk Public Files
> tmp Disk Temporary file storage
> lp Printer HP LaserJet4L
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 2.0.5a)
>
> Server Comment
> --------- -------
> COMPAQ Compaq Presario 5465
> SERVER Samba Server
>
> Workgroup Master
> --------- -------
> MARRNET SERVER
All of that is good:)
> When I try to connect to samba locally, I have no problems. I can log on as
> root, as user bot, and as user jashu. When I try to log into the server
> from compaq, however, I am told:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> YOU MUST SUPPLY A PASSWORD TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION
> Resource: \\SERVER\IPC$
> Password:
>
> When I put in the correct password indicated in smbpasswd, I am told that it
> is an invalid password. Confused, I decided that I would follow all the
> steps in DIAGNOSIS.txt that came with the samba documentation. I was doing
> great until Test Number 8. . . (surprise surprise, it was the first time I
> moved onto the PC)
your problem problem is in the securty levvel setting
it is by default security=user i think
try changing that to security = share
then it should let you on
I dont think that is the permanent solution though.
> at the DOS prompt, I typed: "net view \\server" and recieved thefollowing
> error:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Error 86: The specified network password is not correct. Type the correct
> password, or contact your system administrator for more information.
>
> I have included the Test 8 text below. I do not know what to do at this
> point. Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? I know that my network
> connect works. I can ping each box, and I used IP forwarding to send this
> email, so I know that works.
Getting ip forwarding to work is MUCH harder than samba.
Justin
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