I've just managed to get samba up and runing properly on my mdk 9.1 box and WinXP home so that I can acess my home directory from winXP (user level requires login). Heres the bit's in my smb.conf file that I think did the job.
workgroup = HOME #Check to make sure the work group is the same on the windows box as MS XP #atleast uses MSHOME as default workgroup. netbios name = Beastie #this is the name windows sees the computer as. It allows me to access the #machine typing \\Beastie\ in explorers address bar if disabled you have to #type the ip address. This is also used by MS to list your machine in list of #machines in Network Neighborhood security = user #makes windows ask for user name and password to access shares This section I have commented out it's enabled by default but was causing some problems # unix password sync = Yes # passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u # passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n # *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* Theres alot more to the config file but those are the major changes I made to get it working. Also it's worth noting after making the changes run service -f smb as root to restart samba with the new config settings. At the WinXP end I made sure the workgroup was the same as for my linux box and that netbios over tcp/ip was enabled. And then used \\Beastie\ in the explorer address bar to find the machine and \\home to find the work group. Chad On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 6:09 pm, Jason wrote: > I'm home now and a kind list member has offered to come see me tomorrow > at work. If we have no joy, I'll follow up your suggestions, and I will > post our results on-list either way. > > Cheers > > Jason > > Nick Rout wrote: > > what are the symptoms, and can you post your smb.conf > > > > have you set up smbpasswd? > > > > are all the users using the same login and passwords on the windows > > boxes to their user accounts on the linux box? > > > > can you post the results of > > smbclient -L localhost - and > > smbclient -L windowsbox > > from the linux box > > > > On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:07:23 +1200 > > > > Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I have been banging my head against the wall trying to get samba to work > >>on my work lan - to no avail. I've RTFM and attended the ostc class on > >>it. It still won't go. > >> > >>I am at my wits end. Is there anyone who is in the CBD during the week > >>who could pop in and have a look to see if I have missed something dumb > >>(which it would not surprise if I have)?? > >> > >>It would be much appreciated. > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > > > > -- > > Nick Rout > > Barrister & Solicitor > > Christchurch, NZ > > Ph +64 3 3798966 > > Fax + 64 3 3798853 > > http://www.rout.co.nz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
