[Samba] Initial configuration help

[Buchan Milne]

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> Message: 21
> From: tufkal <tufkal at softhome.net>
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Date: 06 Jan 2003 17:02:08 -0600
> Subject: [Samba] Initial configuration help
>
> I have my Linux box setup net_masq (internet connection sharing) for a
> windows XP PC.  I am using Mandrake 9.0.
>
> I installed all the necessary RPMs for SAMBA and ran the wizard in SWAT
> for the default setup.

Doesn't really achieve much but removing all the comments that were in
the original file ...

>
> I then made a user 'tufkal'

Did you assign an smbpasswd (via smbpasswd -a <username> or in swat)?

If this ins't it, you may want to up logging (log level = 3 should be
enough) and take a look at the logs ...

>
> using smbclient i am able to log in to my home dir share.

If you didn't, this should not have worked .. since you are using
encrypted passwords ...

>
> But I cant get anything at all on the windows box.
>
> net use z: \\hostnameofmyserver\tufkal
>
> gets a prompt, but no suitable username/pass is accepted

Do the usernames/passwords match (the smbpasswd password).


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