Windows 98 not connecting to Linux

[Derek Sivers]

Hey Luis - (and list) -

Thanks VERY much for your reply.  I've been sleepless for 2 days over 
this!  Ack.
Ok - I took your advice.  But Windows 98 is still giving me the error:

You must supply a password to make this connection:
\\LINUX\IPC$

The O'Reilley Samba book says, "If you are presented with a dialog 
requesting the password for a user IPC$, then Samba did not accept the 
password that was sent from the client. "

I've taken their advice to put my Win98 into multiuser mode, and make my 
Windows Logon username/password the same as on the Linux box  (and 
therefore Samba.)

COULD IT BE THAT MY WIN98 HAS ENCRYPTED-PASSWORD CAPABILITIES TURNED OFF?

My Windows 2000 PC can connect to the Linux Samba share just fine!!

I told /etc/smb.conf to accept null passwords, force user, accept guest, 
and all those unsecure things, but still I get this \IPC$ thing!

Any ideas?

Thanks again!





 > [global]
> >         path = /www
> >         remote announce = 192.168.0.2/jupiter
> >         auto services = global
> >         dns proxy = no
> >         encrypt passwords = no
> >         null passwords = yes
> >         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
> >         force user = derek
> >         max log size = 50
> >         server string = linux
> >         workgroup = juniper
> >         netbios name = linux
> >         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> >         load printers = no
> >         netbios aliases = linux
> >         default = global
> >
> > [global]
> > [global]
> >
> >    workgroup = juniper
> >    server string = linux
> >    hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
> >
> >    guest account = derek
> >    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> >    max log size = 50
> >    security = user
> >    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >   default case = lower
> >   case sensitive = no
> >
> > [www]
> >         writable = yes
> >         force group = derek
> >         guest account = derek
> >         public = yes
> >         force user = derek
> >
>ok i notice that derek is the user that you set up
>to connect to the share folder right?
>
>if so i think that your missing "valid users =
>derek "
>
>try that also one thing you should always check is
>your /etc/smbpasswd and the /etc/passwd to see if
>they have the same id number.
>
>example :
>
>derek:509    --- this could be your /etc/smbpasswd
>derek:509   ----- this could be your /etc/passwd
>
>if they dont match then you will not have access
>to the samba server.
>
>also it depends on how you added the user.
>If you need more help let me know ok

I did the thing the Samba docs recommended:
cat /etc/passwd | smbmakeuser.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
So - yeah - they match up exactly.