SOME Suggestions on [Samba] Can't the very basic stuff to work

[miles123 at gmx.de]

Hello Tim,

I have verified and recreated your problem.
As soon as I switch SAMBA option security=share , I have
exactly the same problems like you,
when trying to access a SAMBA share
via Windows "Add Network Places"

The only option I have to logon is
DOOMIT\Guets 
(DOOMIT is the NetBIOS Name of my samba server).

HOWEVER: There *aren't any* problems, if I try
to map the share as network drive (via Win explorer) when
SAMBA option security=share.

In Windows Explorer Menu: Tools->Map Network Drive
Click on the "Connect using different user name"
and enter a valid SAMBA user name and password.
Then enter the network path to the share
in the "Folder" Field of the "Map Network Drive" Dialog
click finish and that's it. 

BUT:
Things are different when SAMBA option security=user.
Then I do *not* have any problems to access the share
via "add network places". Here a login-dialog is
displayed where you can enter a user name and password.
Mapping network drive via Windows Explorer also works w/o
any problem.

BTW: I think that in your smb.conf there might by a error:

from your posting of smb.conf you have
valid users = tim chrissy

however, according to the on-line documentation, names in the
valid user parameter have to be separated by comma (,)
So it should be
valid users = tim, chrissy

I hope this helps!

Regards,
Vlad! 

P.S. Perhaps a developer should take a look on this!!

>>Thanks, but I am still having the same problem -- I made sure to reference
>>the correct passwd file, but WinXP is still forcing me to logon as
>>AGAMEMNON\Guest.
>>
>>Tim

>>Subject: SOME Suggestions on [Samba] Can't the very basic stuff to work

>>Hello Tim,

>>I have read your posting on the samba mailing list.
>>I suggest that you put following lines in your
>>smb.conf
>>
>>encrypt password = yes
>>smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>passwd program = /bin/passwd %u
>>CAUTION: The above paths to the smbpasswd and passwd file 
>>are related to my system. They differ from distribution to
>>distribution. So on your Linux system the paths may be different.
>>you may determine the path to those files by
>>
>>find / -name smbpasswd
>>and
>>find / -name passwd
>>
>>Now make sure that you have on your Linux system the users
>>who shall have access to teh SAMBA Shares.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Vlad

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