On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 23:33, David McBride wrote: > I am new to linux and Samba. I have a box with Slackware 8.0 (no xwindows) > and Samba (that came on the CD) installed. I am useing the > /etc/samba/smb.config-sample remaned to smb.conf file for my configuration > file for Samba to learn on. I have read many how-to's and article on the > net to the point that I am only getting more frustrated and confussed. I > would like to start out with a few basic questions that I just dont seem to > fully understand from what I have read. I am useing a Win2K box to test > Samba with. I can browse through network neighborhood to the "slacknet" > workgroup, but get the errors for account autorization errors or access > denied. I can even do find computer and see the system netbios name of the > slackware box, but still no access. if your w2k is sp2 then you need to apply the signorseal reg patch its in the sourceball
> 1. how does the line "guest account = pcguest" affect things if left > commented out or uncommented. if you don't want guest access comment out that line and also set map to guest = never > 2. can someone tell me what option for the line "security = " I need to use > if I want Samba to ask for a user name and password when I try to access it > from my win2k box. I have created a local user with "adduser" and added it > to the samba user list with "smbpasswd", but it never asks for login info > when I try to connect to samba. the user account I created was 'guest01". security=user > 3. I have a section that reads > [public] > path=/usr/somewhere/else/public make sure this is a valid path > public=yes you don't need this > only guest=yes this is going to screw you up - remove it > writable=yes > printable=no no need for this line > Is this good enough or does anything need to be changed? > > Thanks so much for your patience with a newbie, don't worry - this will all seem very easy to you in a couple of days. brad -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
