RE: password wanted ?????

["Mugleston, Brad" <brad mugleston gwl com>]

I had a similar problem - after you set up Samba did you run the program
that verifies that Samba is set up correctly?  I'm sorry but I forget the
program name.  With my situation it showed me an error in my Samba file that
once fixed it worked fine.

Check the samba man file.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Reese [SMTP:jimr gimi org]
> Sent:	Friday, August 09, 2002 7:06 AM
> To:	redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject:	RE: password wanted ?????
> 
> This is our "practice box."  In this case the Win98 user names and
> passwords
> are the same as the Linux user names and passwords.  All are in
> /etc/passwd
> and that file was imported into smbpasswd by using
> cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd  (a mistake made
> with
> this maybe)
> This appears to be the default location for the smbpasswd file upon
> installation.  I have seen some documentation indicating the file is/was
> normally in /usr/local/etc/smbpasswd in some distributions.  Tried that on
> a
> whim, along with the appropriate alteration to smb.conf, and got the same
> result.
> Some additional info I don't know will help...or not...
> When the Win98 box requests a password to get into the Linux box, The
> resource is identified as \\GIMI-FS3\IPC$.
> I can ping all other desktops and servers on the LAN by IP, but NOT by
> host
> name. Unknown host is the response.
> I can ping the Linux box (FS3) using either host name or IP.
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [SMTP:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> 	Sent:	Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:16 PM
> 	To:	redhat-install-list redhat com
> 	Subject:	Re: password wanted ?????
> 
> 	Jim Reese wrote:
> 		> I recently installed RH7.3, configured Samba, and fired it
> all up on a small
> 		> LAN.  My Win98 box can see the Linux machine in the
> Network
> Neighborhood but
> 		> that's as far as it gets.  I can't see any of the shared
> directories.  When I
> 		> try, a pop-up box appears demanding a password.  I've
> tried
> the passwords of
> 		> every user account added to the Linux box, I've tried the
> root password, I've
> 		> tried every password that appears on all of the other
> desktops on the LAN.
> 		> Nothing works.
> 		> 
> 		> In addition to the users home directories, there is a
> shared 'primary'
> 		> directory and a 'database' directory. Can't get to
> anything.
> 
> 	You need to add the W98 user name to /etc/passwd AND add it, along
> with its Winblows password to the smbpasswd file by using "smbpasswd -a".
> 	This is all explained in the various samba man pages.  You can also
> set stuff up via swat(8) ("man swat").
> 	
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