[Samba] XP Pro client cannot access stand-alone linux samba server

[Ian Colley]

Thanks for your reply

I tried both of these to no avail - nothing is recorded in the logs either.

William Jojo wrote:

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>try:
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>smbpasswd -a -m SHUTTLE$ shuttle$
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>to add the machine acount
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>also did you add a user to smbpasswd with
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>smbpasswd -a userid userpassword
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>after you created their unix acount?
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>Bill
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>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ian Colley wrote:
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>>Okay - I've tried adding machine account as suggested but still no joy -
>>same symptoms as before.  Also tried changing security to 'share' - this
>>time I can see the share in windows explorer but it asks for a password
>>under the username of 'Guest' (greyed out) when i try to access it - no
>>passwords work (including null).
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>>*/etc/passwd*
>>*<snip>*
>>SHUTTLE$:x:10000:100:Machine Account:/dev/null:/bin/false
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>>*smb.conf*
>>[global]
>>workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>netbios name = SAMBA
>>server string = Samba server in user level
>>security = user
>>encrypt passwords = yes
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>>[Logs]
>>path= /var/log
>>valid user = ian
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>>Jason Balicki wrote:
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>>>Make sure the XP box has a machine account on the samba server.
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>>>do this by adding a user (however you do it on your host OS) of machine$
>>>(make sure the dollar sign is there)
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>>>then you can add this account to samba by doing:
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>>>smbpasswd -a -m machine
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>>>(note the _lack_ of a dollar sign.  you know this, but replace "machine"
>>>with the actual name of the machine.)
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>>>HTH,
>>>
>>>--J(K)
>>>
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From:
>>>>samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com at lists.samba.org
>>>>[mailto:samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com at lists.samb
>>>>a.org] On Behalf Of Ian Colley
>>>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:50 PM
>>>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>>Subject: [Samba] XP Pro client cannot access stand-alone linux
>>>>samba server
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>>>>
>>>>Hi, I am trying to set up my internet connection sharing linux
>>>>box as a
>>>>stand-alone samba server.  When i try to access the server from a
>>>>Windows XP Pro client using \\192.168.0.1 i get a dialog box
>>>>asking for
>>>>a username and password.  I duly enter this and the dialog box
>>>>immediately re-appears without connecting me to the share.
>>>>There exists
>>>>both a samba and linux account with the same password which is
>>>>also the
>>>>same as the XP Pro logon.
>>>>
>>>>The XP Pro box is not set up to logon to a domain, both of the
>>>>boxes are
>>>>on the same workgroup.  I can get samba to work using share-level
>>>>security but only for a guest account.
>>>>
>>>>Would appreciate any suggestions
>>>>
>>>>*smb.conf*
>>>>[global]
>>>>workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>>>netbios name = SAMBA
>>>>server string = Samba server in user level
>>>>security = users
>>>>encrypt passwords = yes
>>>>
>>>>[Logs]
>>>>path= /var/log
>>>>valid user = ian
>>>>
>>>>
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