Somebody else ask me off list for this so I decided to post it.
I do not know if this will help, but these are the steps I used to get
samba working for a RH6.0 and 2 win98 boxes. The user on the
win98 box needs the same name and password as on the Linux box.
What I did to get samba working:
1. Deleted NetBeui protocol from windows machines
set up user name and password to match unix login and password
2. set netbios name in smb.conf
3. set workgroup name in smb.conf
4. uncomment bsd printing line
5. uncomment encryption ( with shop will need to uncomment password as mixed
cas
e)
6. populate smbpasswd
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
set smbpasswd with smbpasswd command
7. set up file shares for zipdrive made change to etc/fstab for user
mounting of dos zip drives
8. start samba with /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
9. change system services so samba will start on boot
Part of smb.conf file
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
<snip>
#======================= Global Settings
=====================================
[global]
# set the netbios machine name for the server
netbios name = STAR
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = OFFICE
<snip>
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
printing = bsd
<snip>
# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
; password level = 8
; username level = 8
.
# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
<snip>
#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
#share name
[zipdrive]
path = /mnt/zip
writable = yes
preexec = /usr/local/lbin/General/ZipDos
postexec = /usr/local/lbin/General/CloseZip
<snip>
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
<snip>
This is the file I created to tell me how to do it next time I have to set
it up. I bought
Sams Teach Yourself Samba in 24 hours by Gerald Carter and Richard Sharpe
I read the book through for an understanding of how it works. It was very
helpful.
However some of the steps they have you do RH6.0 does for you which caused
me a little confusion. Also my notes or for a machine that already is set up
to run
Kermit over TCP/IP ethernet. I believe in doing one thing at a time. If you
have
trouble I will be happy to try and help
Linda Hanigan
.
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