[Samba] overzealous Windows security

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 12:32:12AM -0500, Donovan, Jim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a MSAccess database on a linux server (fedora core 5, samba 3,
> 192.168.0.90)
> which a Win XP client machine needs to use (192.168.0.50).
> However, Access refuses to open the database because "it's not on the
> LAN so is a
> security risk".
> 
> How can I configure Samba so that Windows recognises 192.168.0.90 as a
> local
> machine, please?

I think this is to do with the "security zones" that Windows stored
in a separate filestream on a file. You might be able to set this
in the security parameters - I'm not 100% sure as I am in the happy
position of never having to use XP for anything (other than testing Samba :-).

Jeremy.