[Samba] Samba and *groan* Windows XP Home problems!

[Van Sickler, Jim]

It sounds like you're being prompted for the IPC$
(guest) password.  This indicates that the user
trying to connect from the XP box is unknown to
the samba server, or the XP box is presenting
ambiguous/invalid authentication info to samba.

Check to see if the XP machine account has been
added to the samba box.  You'll have to look
elsewhere for the syntax, I'm sorry to say.

"man smbpasswd" would be where I'd start.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy - SMB [mailto:samba at hillway.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:02 AM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Samba and *groan* Windows XP Home problems!
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This has probably been covered before but after 4 hours of 
> searching I'm
> nearly at the point of throwing my XP machine out of the window!!
> I have set up Samba (v 2.2.5) on my Red Hat 7.1 box. From the 
> Red Hat box I
> can see all the other computers on the network (other Linux 
> machines, Win2k,
> Windows ME and my Windows XP box), and get access to the 
> shared drives on
> them. The linux box can also use the printers attached to the 
> XP box.....
> 
> My problem is that I can't get the XP box to connect to my 
> Red Hat machine.
> It can see the machine on the network, it can even see the 
> share, but when I
> try to access it, I get a username/password prompt.  No 
> matter what Username
> and password I use nothing seems to work.
> 
> I have done the "requiresignorseal" registry thing. Below is 
> my smb.conf....
> 
> I also can't connect from Windows ME, but this isn't so 
> important! BTW Win2K
> is fine!!
> 
> Please help... before I loose all my hair and have to replace 
> my office
> window :)
> 
> =======smb.conf===========
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from voyager (127.0.0.1)
> # Date: 2002/08/06 15:08:45
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>  workgroup = HOME
>  server string = Samba Server
>  encrypt passwords = Yes
>  map to guest = Bad User
>  null passwords = Yes
>  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>  max log size = 50
>  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>  domain logons = Yes
>  preferred master = True
>  domain master = True
>  dns proxy = No
> 
> [printers]
>  comment = All Printers
>  path = /var/spool/samba
>  printable = Yes
>  browseable = No
> 
> [andyw]
>  path = /home/andyw
>  username = andyw
>  guest account =
>  admin users = andyw
> ========END=============
> 
> Andy Williams
> 
> 
> 
> 
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