Thanks for the advice so far (Mahesh, Chris, Daniel, Gareth and Jeremy - although Daniel's was a little above me)
I tried deleting my smb.conf file and creating a new one from scratch with
SWAT. I have pasted it below for you experts to check.
Also, here is the instruction I got from the Red Hat Customisation Guide
which seemed straight forward too.
Using Samba with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
The Microsoft SMB Protocol originally used plaintext passwords. However,
Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher require
encrypted Samba passwords. To use Samba between a Red Hat Linux system and a
system with Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or higher, you can
either edit your Windows registry to use plaintext passwords or configure
Samba on your Linux system to use encrypted passwords. If you choose to
modify your registry, you must do so for all your Windows NT or 2000
machines - this is risky and may cause further conflicts.
To configure Samba on your Red Hat Linux system to use encrypted passwords,
follow these steps:
1. Create a separate password file for Samba. To create one based on
your existing /etc/passwd file, at a shell prompt, type the following
command:
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
2. The mksmbpasswd.sh script is installed in your /usr/bin directory
with the samba package.
3. Use the command chmod 600 /etc/samba/smbpasswd to change permissions
on the Samba password file so that only root has read and write permissions.
4. The script does not copy user passwords to the new file. To set each
Samba user's password, use the command smbpasswd username (replace username
with each user's username). A Samba user account will not be active until a
Samba password is set for it.
5. The next step is to enable encrypted passwords in the Samba
configuration file. In the file smb.conf, uncomment the following lines:
encrypt password = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
6. To have the changes take effect, restart Samba by typing the command
service smb restart at a shell prompt.
Why can I see heaps of parameters in SWAT-Full View which I cannot see in
the smb.conf file?
Anyway here is the "full view"....
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from Grunter (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2002/04/26 14:24:24
# Global parameters
[global]
coding system =
client code page = 850
code page directory = /usr/share/samba/codepages
workgroup = FXNZ
netbios name = GRUNTER
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Samba 2.2.1a
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = Yes
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = No
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /bin/passwd
passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
log level = 0
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 5000
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = No
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
announce version = 4.5
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 65535
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max packet = 65535
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
read size = 16384
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
stat cache size = 50
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 20
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = Auto
local master = Yes
domain master = Auto
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = No
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = No
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = Yes
oplock break wait time = 0
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /var/cache/samba
default service =
message command =
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map = auto.home
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
host msdfs = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
comment =
path =
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = nobody
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users = nobody
read list = nobody
write list = nobody
printer admin =
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
inherit permissions = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
status = Yes
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict sync = No
sync always = No
write cache size = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
printer driver =
printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
msdfs root = No
[tmp]
comment = Temp folder
path = /tmp
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
[robert]
comment = Roberts Home
path = /home/robert
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
[storage]
comment = Storage
path = /storage
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
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