[Samba] share level access and Windows XP

[Dan Gapinski]

Dear James,

XP home cannot log onto domains at all. Your best bet for using them is to
use Samba in share-level access. Or you can leave Samba alone and get XP
pro.

Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bear" <james.s.bear at sendit.nodak.edu>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: [Samba] share level access and Windows XP


> I am the tech coordinator in a small public school in rural North Dakota
> and all of last year I ran Samba on redhat 8.0.  I had XP machines that
> used Samba as the PDC.  Worked fine.  But now I am getting some XP home
> machines that cannot log on to a domain.  That's okay, because I am
> determined this year to use solely redhat.  In fact, I put the
> partitions down to 5 gig for Windows and gave redhat whatever was left.
>
> As a result, I am not going to have a PDC anymore.  Now, I just want to
> use the server as a file server for redhat, Mac, and XP alike.  I've got
> samba to work fine as a server when connecting from redhat using
> smbclient.  I can also see my /homes/ share from XP, but when I try to
> log on, I don't have the option of supplying a username.  For the user
> name, it says \Waldo\guest.  Waldo is the name of my server.  As a
> result, I can't log on.  How to fix?  Here is my smb.conf:
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
> # Date: 2003/07/23 11:26:15
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> netbios name = WALDO
> netbios aliases = waldo
> server string = where is
> security = SHARE
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
> preferred master = Yes
> domain master = Yes
> dns proxy = No
> wins support = Yes
> default service = homes
> printing = cups
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> valid users = %S
> read only = No
> create mask = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> valid users = bear
> printable = Yes
> postscript = Yes
> browseable = No
>
>
> Can somebody shed some light?
>
> thanks
>
>
> --
>
> James Bear
> www.montpelier.k12.nd.us
>
> God is good...all the time.
>
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