[Samba] Basic question for user/pass authentication

[Bob Miller]

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 15:01 -0300, J. L. Cabral wrote:
> Dear, If I have a Windows XP box joined to a Domain called "Company"
> with a user "Jelo" I as you:
> 
> Do I have to put Workgroup = Company in smb.conf ???

Yes.

> 
> And do I have to use the same passwords for the Windows and
> Linux/Samba users ???

In a domain context, this question doesn't make sense to me.  You don't
really have windows users in a domain, you have domain users.
I found just about everything I needed to know about samba and domains
here:
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/

> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> JeLo
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Bob Miller <bob at computerisms.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> What can be the problem ??? Do I have to use for Samba the same
> >> password as used in Windows or not ???
> >
> > I have found that it is just easier to use the same credentials for each
> > user on all machines in a workgroup.  Windows is pretty quirky about
> > when it will allow you to use alternate credentials, in my experience,
> > and Windows always prefers to use the credentials of the user who is
> > logged in.
> > Also, check your smb.conf, there are directives that can lock you out
> > regardless of correct user credentials or file permissions, (valid users
> > might be there without your user listed, for example).
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot,
> >>
> >> JeLo
> >
> > Bob Miller
> > 334-7117/660-5315
> > http://computerisms.ca
> > bob at computerisms.ca
> > Network, Internet, Server,
> > and Open Source Solutions
> >
> >

Bob Miller
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bob at computerisms.ca
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