[Samba] Newbie question but an Easy one

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Wed Jan 11 14:29:18 MST 2012


On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 03:36:03PM -0500, Craig Ham wrote:
> Jeremy
> So I've got Ubuntu and Samba server up and running.
> I create a user in linux and on samba, both same username and password.
> I get to a workstation and double click the server name, I enter the samba
> username and password but fail to log in.
> What am I missing?

Please ask questions like this on the samba at samba.org mailing list.

For a short answer, you need to ensure that the Samba users is
created using smbpasswd -a username, with the same Windows password.

Jeremy


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