Dear, If I have a Windows XP box joined to a Domain called "Company" with a user "Jelo" I as you:
Do I have to put Workgroup = Company in smb.conf ??? And do I have to use the same passwords for the Windows and Linux/Samba users ??? Thanks a lot, JeLo On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Bob Miller <b...@computerisms.ca> wrote: > >> >> What can be the problem ??? Do I have to use for Samba the same >> password as used in Windows or not ??? > > I have found that it is just easier to use the same credentials for each > user on all machines in a workgroup. Windows is pretty quirky about > when it will allow you to use alternate credentials, in my experience, > and Windows always prefers to use the credentials of the user who is > logged in. > Also, check your smb.conf, there are directives that can lock you out > regardless of correct user credentials or file permissions, (valid users > might be there without your user listed, for example). > >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> JeLo > > Bob Miller > 334-7117/660-5315 > http://computerisms.ca > b...@computerisms.ca > Network, Internet, Server, > and Open Source Solutions > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba