[Samba] Using the right network interface
Eric Boehm
boehm at nortelnetworks.com
Tue Dec 10 16:04:01 GMT 2002
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 04:55:49PM +0100, Holger Krull wrote:
>>>>> "Holger" == Holger Krull <holger.krull at hermos.com> writes:
>> You will want to include the loopback interfaces
>>
>> Check the sections in "man smb.conf" regarding these two
>> directives. You need to include the loopback interface in the
>> interfaces list or smbpasswd and swat will not work.
>>
Holger> Hi,
Holger> are you sure about the loopback interface? I have
Holger> interfaces eth0:0 bind interfaces only = yes in smb.conf
Holger> and no problems with smbpasswd and swat so far. Other
Holger> problems remain, though.
I am just going by the instructions. I've never tried it without the
loopback interface.
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