problem with passwords -Reply

[Robert Dahlem]

John,

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:57:23 -0700, John Cartwright wrote:

>thanks for your reply and suggestion.  I had read the FAQ and thought
>that the line "allow hosts = 165.127.8., 127." would have included the
>localhost.

Excuse me for not looking exactly and thus ringing the FAQ bell to early: I 
expected 127.0.0.1 and did not find it. What I did not see was "127.".

>In any case I changed it to read: 
>allow hosts = 165.127.8., 127.0.0.1 
>but still have the same results of being unable to change the password
>with smbpasswd nor connect with anything other than a null password.
>
>CAn you tell what I might be doing wrong?

You possibly have "interfaces = ..." without 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0 in your smb.conf

Check the output of 

	netstat -a -n | grep LISTEN | grep :139

Samba should listen either on *:139 or (as a bare minimum) an your_ip:139 and 
127.0.0.1:139. If not, something is wrong with your "interfaces", "bind interfaces 
only" or "socket address" options.

Hasta la vista,
               Robert

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