[Samba] Samba and Windows XP

[Jason Johnson]

I just created the samba user 'jason' now.  However, it never prompts me to 
enter in a username or password.  Is there some security setting that I need 
to enable on the samba side to make it prompt me when I double click on the 
icon in Windows XP?

Jason
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slavisa Popravak" <spop at 4net.co.yu>
To: "Jason" <jason at emt-jason.us>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Windows XP


> Jason wrote:
>
>>I am trying to setup a samba server on Redhat Fedora 2 and trying to 
>>connect to it through Windows XP Professional.
>>This samba server is a standalone server.  I can see it in the Network 
>>Places.  Every time I try to connect to it I get the following error in 
>>Windows.
>>
>>"\\Samba is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use this 
>>network resource.  Contact the administrator of this server to find out if 
>>you have access permissions.  The network path was not found."
>>
>>Here is my smb.conf file that I created using SWAT.  Can anyone help me?
>>
>>Thank You
>>
>>Jason
>>
>># Samba config file created using SWAT
>># from 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)
>># Date: 2004/09/15 23:22:05
>>
>># Global parameters
>>[global]
>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>> max log size = 50
>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>> dns proxy = No
>> ldap ssl = no
>> idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>> idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>> hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
>>
>>[homes]
>> comment = Home Directories
>> path = /home
>> read only = No
>>
>>[printers]
>> comment = All Printers
>> path = /var/spool/samba
>> printable = Yes
>> browseable = No
>>
>>[myshare]
>> comment = Jason Test Share
>> path = /home/jason
>> valid users = jason
>> read only = No
>> create mask = 0765
>>
> Did you create username " jason " on server as a samba user??
>
> smbpasswd -a jason
>
> Then enter password, and when later try to connect to server suply that 
> username and password.
>
>
>
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