Fwd: Re: [Samba] Incorrect password error

[Hesham S. Ahmed]

Use 'security = user' in smb.conf
 
 --- Michael Chan <mikeyboy at uclink.berkeley.edu>
 wrote:
 > Hi, sorry if this is a common problem that I just
 > couldn't find in the
 > documentation, but I've been trying to be able to
 > access my shares on a
 > Mandrake box from a Win2k client.  There is a user
 > on the Mandrake
 > server named "mike", and my user name for Win2k is
 > also "mike" (I
 > originally tried with Administrator, with user
 > mapping, but that was
 > giving me problems so I thought I'd try changing
 the
 > name).  Anyhow, I
 > am trying to use the home directories feature.  I
 > did smbpasswd -a mike,
 > and entered in my password, restarted samba, then
 > tried to connect.  I
 > can see the "mike" folder in windows, so I think
 it
 > is detecting my user
 > correctly (browsable = no for homes) but when I
 try
 > to enter the
 > directory, it says incorrect password.  I type in
 my
 > password and try to
 > log in again (with user "mike") and it still says
 > incorrect password.  
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > I looked in the logs (/var/log/samba/log.mike) but
 I
 > don't think I even
 > see myself getting rejected.
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > What can I do to fix this?  It isn't just the
 > [homes] share, I tried
 > another directory shared with valid users = mike,
 > and it still didn't
 > work.  Public shares do work, however.
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > A few values I thought might be needed:
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > security = share
 > 
 > username map = /etc/smbusers
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > [homes]
 > 
 > comment = Home Directories
 > 
 > browseable = no
 > 
 > writable = yes
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > Thanks for any help.
 > 
 >  
 > 
 > - mike
 > 
 > mikeyboy at uclink.berkeley.edu
 > 
 > 
 
 
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