[Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client

[Jim Hale]

Well, I kind of solved the problem. I noticed that when I installed
2.2.4 (RPM) it made a backup of my smb.conf (called smb.conf.rpmsave) -
I deleted the smb.conf, renamed the .rpmsave and Voila! I got my drive
access back. :)

Jim Hale
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hale
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:59 PM
> To: 'Kris Kelley'
> Cc: Mailing List - Samba
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client
> 
> 
> I'm running into the same thing - but I'm going thru the File 
> Explorer and trying to Map a drive manually. It started when 
> I went up to 2.2.4. :/
> 
> Jim Hale
> ---
> Jim & Kathy's Website Collection
> http://hale.dyndns.org
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Kris Kelley
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:48 PM
> > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client
> > 
> > 
> > Hello all.  I am new to Samba, so forgive me if this is a
> > stupid question, but I have been unable to figure this out.
> > 
> > I have a Red Hat 7.1 box (kernel 2.4.9) with the Samba
> > 2.2.4-2 RPM installed.  I am trying to configure it so that 
> > Windows 2000 machines within my company's Windows domain can 
> > access it.  Before diving into anything exotic, I am trying 
> > to get this to work without requiring any kind of 
> > authentication.  So, this is my smb.conf file:
> > 
> >    [global]
> >       workgroup = DEVGROUP
> >       security = share
> >       netbios name = skunkworx
> >    [test]
> >       comment = test share
> >       path = /export/samba/test
> >       read only = no
> >       guest only = yes
> >       guest account = nobody
> > 
> > The relevant directory, /export/samba/test, does exist, and
> > has 777 permissions.
> > 
> > When Samba is running, SKUNKWORX shows up in a listing of the
> > Windows domain, but all attempts to access the share have 
> > failed with the error message "\\Skunkworx is not accessible. 
> >  The account is not authorized to log in from this station."  
> > An Internet search led me to believe this problem usually 
> > happens because Win2K machines use encrypted passwords by 
> > default, which a Samba set-up like mine would not support.  
> > However, because I am trying to bypass the use of passwords 
> > altogether (for now), I do not believe this is my problem.  
> > Still, I went ahead and tried the suggested registry hack, 
> > enabling Win2K to use plain-text passwords.  No dice.
> > 
> > I can supply the dump from testparm, and I can also supply
> > the logs from smbd when I tried this with debug level 3, if 
> > any of that will help. 
> > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.  If this question 
> > has been answered before, feel free to direct me to the 
> > appropriate archives (I didn't see any search options 
> > available).  Thank you.
> > 
> > ---Kris Kelley
> > 
> > 
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