dear walter, thanks for your help!
> <sorry have to use e-mail because I am not subscribed to that mailing > list> i have cc'd the lists in this reply so that others may see the solution >> hello list, >> >> i am running Samba on FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE. i am able to mount network >> folders using sharity-light from one of my other freebsd boxes 'piper' >> on >> the network with the command: >> > .. >> i then created the user 'sasha' on an XP box on the same network, with >> the >> same password as the user account on 'cessna' and logged into windows >> using that user. the following occurs: >> >> 1) when i right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive, and >> then enter the share '\\10.0.1.30\videos' (10.0.1.30 is the internal IP >> Address of the machine 'cessna' running the Samba server) i get the >> login >> dialog, however the username is Guest, (rather than sasha as i would >> have >> expected). >> >> 2) when i select to login with a different user name, and enter >> '10.0.1.30\sasha', and the appropriate password, it comes up with the >> login dialog but the password that is valid on the machine 'cessna' (as >> i >> have tested it with sharity-light from 'piper') does not authenticate >> and >> it defaults back to the user 10.0.1.30\Guest >> > Well, you will also have to > - set "security = user" (instead of SHARE) in your smb.conf to make user > authentication work that way > - issue a "smbpasswd -a sasha" and supply the password (twice to the > dialog). > .... great, i did that but there was still an error. after a little searching i found that i also have to add the line: encrypt passwords = yes to the globals section of my smb.conf file. then it all worked fine! Cheers, Iain +61 (0) 428 151 280 http://www.iaindooley.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
