[Samba] WIndows 98 asking for a password

[Van Sickler, Jim]

Add the samba server information to the
hosts and lmhosts files on your PCs.

Jim

p.s. Connect to the printer share using the
\\hostname\sharename, not \\ip\sharename

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Aggarwal [mailto:neil at JAMMConsulting.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: SaDIKuZboy; Samba mailing list
> Subject: RE: [Samba] WIndows 98 asking for a password
> 
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I set the samba to use share level access.
> Now, it does not ask for a password, but

> when I try to print something, I get this
> message on the Windows 98 machine:
> 
> The was an error writing to \\192.168.1.1\brotherLaser
> for printer (Brother HL-1440 Series):
> The network name cannot be found.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil.
> 
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> Neil Aggarwal
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SaDIKuZboy [mailto:sadik
uzboy at libero.it]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:18 PM
> > To: Neil Aggarwal
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] WIndows 98 asking for a password
> >
> >
> > Alle 22:08, mercoledì 12 giugno 2002, Neil Aggarwal ha scritto:
> >
> > do you really need "security = user" into your samba.conf?
> > put security = share and everything will work fine but you'll
> > manage shares
> > access; not user ones :o)
> >
> >
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