Michael, do you have your SAMBA machine participating in the MS domain?
ie: is the selected SAMBA authentication method "DOMAIN"?
I have SAMBA servers here for an NT/2K network using the SAMBA
authentication type of "DOMAIN". All MS machines connect properly and no
reg hacks are required.
Thus spake Michael De Santis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Hi,
>
> I hoping someone out there can help resolve a small annoying problem
> with win2000 machines connecting to Samba.
>
> Have a linux server running samba in which all our office winX desktops
> connect to. This is running fine with all winX machines having the reg
> hack done so connecting to the server is not a problem.
>
> The problem lies when Win2000 desktops initially try to connect to the
> linux server. An error is received with an incorrect username and
> password message. It then prompts for an alternative username and
> password in which case a successful connection is established after the
> user enters his details.
>
> >From what I can gather is that the Win2000 initially tries to connect to
> Samba with the "machine name/username" combination. I believe Samba is
> set up so that it only the "username" of the client is used for
> authentication.
>
> Does anyone know a work around this problem?. Granted it's a small
> issue.. but not when each staff member complains about it each
> morning.
>
> regards
> Michael
>
>
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> Systems Administrator Harvestroad Limited
>
> http://www.harvestroad.com
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