[Samba] Help a newbie (please!): Samba and WinXP in a non-PDC environment

qk qk at quadkings.com
Sat Feb 8 20:12:26 GMT 2003


Hi all... looking for some assistance with my first Samba setup. 

The setup: On a small (five-computer, mixed Win2k and WinXP pro) LAN, I'd 
like a share on my FreeBSD server to be available for storage. No printing, 
no PDC, no individual user directories or password protection -- just a big 
ol' slice of storage for everyone to access equally. 

I've come close, (the share shows up in the network neighborhood and even 
asks for a login) but can't get it to work (no login seems to work). Any 
advice? Even better: Anyone got a sample SMB.conf that I can steal from? 

The setup: FreeBSD 4.6 box with two drives. The second (and larger) drive is 
mounted as /storage. Samba appears to launch correctly (the daemons are 
running and the share shows up in the clients' network neighborhood). All 
computers (including the Samba share, if I get it to work) will be part of 
the WEST-THIRD group. 

I've tried SWAT. I've tried RTFM. I've Google'd around the 'net. All to no 
avail. Any advice GREATLY appreciated! 

Thanks,
Greg 



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