[Samba] newbie needs direction

[Ray Tayek]

At 08:38 AM 2/3/02 +0800, you wrote:
>Gidday Ray

hi

>I found Webmin to make all administering of our server much easier.

i'll check it out.

>But I'll email a copy of my conf direct to your address when I go to work 
>later today. ...

looking forward to iy

thanks

>Ray Tayek asked Sunday, February 03, 2002 4:59 AM
>
> > hi, i'm a programmer and have been fooling around with various versions of
> > samba on redhat (6.2 and 7.2)  and slackware  i built the latest stable
> > release, but no luck either. i currently have a vanilla installation of
> > redhat 7.2 server installed with whatever samba came with it. the linux 
> box
> > and some win98se clients are on a local lan behind a linksys router in
> > front of a cable modem.
> >
> > i have been trying the steps in Troubleshooting Techniques at
> > http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/ and the how to at
> > http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html and a few
> > others. all the tests in the Troubleshooting Techniques work until i 
> get to
> > smbclient //host/share -U user%password (which works if password 
> encryption
> > is turned on) or i get to net view or net use (they want passwords).
> >
> > currently trying:
> >
> > [global]
> >          workgroup = MYGROUP
> > [homes]
> >          guest ok = no
> >          read only = no
> >
> > and smbclient //host/usr works, but net view says: error 86 ... 
> password is
> > incorrect ...
> >
> > is there a script that i could run that would torture test the linux side
> > of this so that i can know that one side works?
> >
> > how about a batch file on the windoze side?
> >
> > i have the same user with the same password on both boxen. do i need to
> > make smbpasswords?
> >
> > do i need to fool around with lmhosts on the windoze side? does windows
> > need entries on hosts?
> >
> > i just have some win98se clients and i want to be able to see some of the
> > linux files from the network neighborhood. each user should be able to
> > access his home and anybody should be able to write to /tmp.
> >
> > this seems pretty complicated and brain damaged (at least on the windoze
> > side). do i need to buy a bunch of hefty tombs and become a network admin
> > type in self defense? (if so, what are your top 3 book recommendation).
> >
> > thanks
> >
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