[linux-help] Re: smb.conf

[Ryan Claycamp <claycamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:12 PM 9/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> At 09:32 AM 9/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > At 07:40 PM 9/18/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > > I'm having trouble getting Samba to give me access to my Linux box from 
> > > my Win98 box.  I can see my Linux box in Network Neighborhood, but when 
> > > I try to open it, I get a dialog box asking me to supply a password for 
> > > the IPC$ resource.  None of my passwords work.  I've tried logging into 
> > > my Win98 box with a username and password that coincides with my Linux 
> > > box (nate).  Didn't help.  Any ideas?
> > Did you create a smbpasswd file?  Samba does not read the Linux passwd 
> > file, but has its own passwd file.  This does allow for you to have a 
> > different password for Samba than for Linux.  The Debian distribution has 
> > a program called mksmbpasswd that takes your Linux passwd file and 
> > converts it to the smbpasswd format.  Try 'man mksmbpasswd'.
> My smbpasswd file was created as a part of my Debian installation.  I've 
> looked at it, and it shows the user name I'm trying to use....although I 
> can't read the password since it's encrypted.
Here is a link to the Samba site, 
http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html that walks you through a 
diagnosis of a Samba installation.  I am not sure what else it could be.
Ryan
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