On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Jean-Paul ARGUDO wrote: > Sean Chambers wrote: > >also, in win2k when i open the run window and type : \\FILESERVER\ > ><file://\\FILESERVER\> > >it opens a username/password box, if i put in sean and the password it > >pops the box right up again. In the samba.log file it says something to > >the effect of: > >Couldn't find user 'sean' in passdb > > AFAIK, you have to create machine trust accounts in order to allow them > to access your Samba PDC with a W2K workstation. After this, you create > user accounts too. > > There it is machinename$ to be used, not user$ :-) > > Remember to add -d /dev/null and -s /bin/false to useradd command when > creating Machine Trust Account. Also do a passwd -l "machinename$". > Then a smbpasswd -a -m "machinename$". > > I can be more precise with a detailed example if you wish, but: > This is all very well explained in "Sam's teach yourself samba in 24 > hours", chapter 22, surely the best samba book I ever bought. ;-)
...and also in "Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf", which is part of samba. -- Frank Matthie� [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
