I always find samba easier to use for win98 machines if they DO have a username and password defined, and then relicated in smbpasswd in the samba machine.
samba/unix kinda expects passwords, so why not log into your win98 machine? means per user home directories on the samba box too, which is useful. On Tue, 18 May 2004 16:06:08 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm connecting to a win98 machine so I don't have a user and pwd defined. > > If I was linking to a domain controller then I would do that. > > Thanks for the help. > > Cheers Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:58 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Passwords Please... > > > > > > when I write them... > > > > smbmount .//server/share /mnt/name -o username=user1 > > password=pass1 uid=500 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Don Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CLUG (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:16 PM > > Subject: Passwords Please... > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mnt]# smbmount file://VAIO/SHARED > > /mnt/vaio -o scope=GFT > > guest > > > Password: > > > > > > Why is the command above prompting me for a password? > > > > > > From the man page... > > > > > > guest don't prompt for a password > > > > > > > > > Anyone got any bright ideas? > > > > > > Also while I'm at this.... > > > > > > There's a file somewhere that I can specify the share in > > and it will get > > > mounted automatically when the system boots. > > > > > > I can't remember what the file is called. > > > > > > SMB connections have a habit of dropping out from time to > > time as well... > > > How do I tell it to reconnect? > > > > > > I learnt all this stuff once but it was a few years back > > and I don't have > > > the configurations I set up any more. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Cheers Don > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
