Just be careful. If you have a wins server do not use wins service on the linux box. Big no-no (speaking from experience!)
On Sat, 2004-02-21 at 13:54, Turnpike Man wrote: > http://www.turnpike420.net/linux2/Samba.txt > > This is what I've done using the default SMB installation in RH distros. Works > great from 98, 2000 and XP, I've never cared to try 95, ME or NT4, though I'm > sure they work fine as well. In 95/98/ME, you must login to the machine, > although we all know that really doesn't mean anything, however, it does cache > the authentication so when you map the drive, you are automatically connected. > This of course presumes you use same username/pwd on both sides, smb server and > client side. > > hth, > David M. > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have googled this and come up with tons of "stuff", none of it > > completely clear or concise. I am trying to connect a XP Pro box to a > > Samba file share using "user" level security. The Samba server is not a > > domain controller. All I need it to do is serve up this share so that > > the > > XP box can read and write to it. I can see the samba box from the XP > > station but when I click on it I get an error. > > > > Could someone point me to a link where these challenges specific to XP > > have been documented? Also, some example smb.conf files would also be > > helpful. Thanks for all the help. > > > > -- > > Hugh > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
