[Samba] account on winXP system unable to access workgroup

[David Rankin]

> no PDC, setup login account with same
> name and passwd on Desktop as on the
> server (used smbpasswd -a - to add passwd)

Did you create a regular Unix account and password for the XP User with 
useradd?? Also, I always make the Unix password and smbpasswd the same to 
allow password sync to work.



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill eight" <b88e88 at yahoo.com>
To: "sambalist" <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: [Samba] account on winXP system unable to access workgroup


>
> Hi
>
> Please Help...
>
> Adding winXP pro user into Samba 2.2.12,
> no PDC, setup login account with same
> name and passwd on Desktop as on the
> server (used smbpasswd -a - to add passwd)
>
> following the guide www.faqs.org/docs/samba/ch03.html
>
> trouble - Can't access the server MP
>
> samba looks like it is running from the
> trouble shooting I have done...
>
> smbstatus returns the following on the
> test user..
>
> [root at server init.d]# smbstatus
> [..]
> data         test     samba    14342   mp16
> (192.168.10.116) Mon Oct 11 15:22:59 2004
>
> thanks
> r
>
> -- other details --
>
> [root at server data]# echo "hello" | telnet localhost
> 139
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [root at server data]# testparm
> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> Processing section "[homes]"
> Processing section "[netlogon]"
> Processing section "[printers]"
> Processing section "[data]"
> Processing section "[acctng]"
> Loaded services file OK.
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
> [..]
>
> [root at server init.d]# smbstatus
>
> Samba version 2.2.12
> Service      uid      gid      pid     machine
> ----------------------------------------------
> data         mp002    samba    14342   mp16
> (192.168.10.116) Mon Oct 11 12:42:01 2004
> data         mp001    samba    14090   mep-0001
> (192.168.10.21) Mon Oct 11 15:43:43 2004
> data         test     samba    14342   mp16
> (192.168.10.116) Mon Oct 11 15:22:59 2004
> acctng       mp001    samba    14090   mep-0001
> (192.168.10.21) Mon Oct 11 12:19:36 2004
>
> No locked files
>
> [root at server init.d]#
>
>
>
>
>
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