NT Workstation "Default" Username and Password

[Joerg Lenneis]

Malcolm McLeary:

> Guys,
> If I have a Windows NT Workstation and I want to access shares on the 
> Linux box running SAMBA, but maintain a single username and password, 
> isn't the basic procedure to create an "account" on the workstation which 
> is the same as one on the Linux box?

> Then after I login on the Workstation shouldn't I be able to simply 
> double click on the Linux box icon under "Network Neighborhood" and 
> Windows NT will attempt to get a list of the shares using the username 
> and password I used for the workstation (this is working for 95).

> Presently I get a dialog box saying "Incorrect password or unknown 
> username" ... if I enter the same username and password again it works.

> Any ideas what NT is doing to get it wrong for the first attempt?

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Have a look at samba-2.0.3/docs/textdocs/WinNT.txt. It is all explained there.

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Joerg Lenneis

email: lenneis at statrix2.wu-wien.ac.at