[Samba] Is there something missing?

[Barry Johnson]

To further illustrate the point check out
http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=24000 , imagine samba as
the XP box and your all set.  By the way ntfaq is great place for questions
that may pertain to the windows side of the world and connecting to samba.

Barry Johnson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Johnson" <originalskinnyj at hotmail.com>
To: "Lonnie Cumberland" <lonnie at outstep.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Is there something missing?


> Lonnie,
>     From out previous discussions it really seems like this is a client
side
> problem.  I took a look at the smb.conf file you sent me and if just
changed
> the windows setting to logon to that server you would automatically see
the
> home directory you want(I always tell it to use H:, logon drive = H: in
> smb.conf).  What most people don't realize is that even though you may not
> see any login during bootup of 9x/ME there is still a user associated with
> that computer.  That user name has to match the username on samba for it
> work like you want, KISS, just do the login and everything will work fine.
>
> Barry Johnson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lonnie Cumberland" <lonnie at outstep.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:58 PM
> Subject: [Samba] Is there something missing?
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I hope that you are all doing well. I have been trying to get Samba
> > setup and running on my Redhat 7.2 box so that users on Windows
> > machines can login and be connected to their directory.
> >
> > The problem is that no matter what I try, I can see the Samba server
> > from the Windows machine, but it keeps telling me that the password
> > was not recognized and is the same linux password for each user.
> >
> > I cannot even see a general open directory on the Samba server and
> > have tried playing around with just about all of the default settings
> > in the smb.conf and am now starting back with a fresh default
> > smb.conf file. that came with the rpm install.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on here and how
> > I might be able to fix it?
> >
> > Any ideas on the configuration setting would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Lonnie
> >
> > --
> >  Lonnie Cumberland
> >  EMAIL: Lonnie at OutStep.com
> >       : Lonnie_Cumberland at yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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