[linux-help] Re: win box can't reach gateway

[Debian User <apeck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Bales wrote:

My suggestion on getting Samba to work is, Get the O'Reily book.  I spent 
several
weeks working on it, but 3 hours with the big O and it was up and running. 
granted it
wasn't secure at the time but it did work!

> John was right on getting rid of the check on Log on to NT domain.  That 
> solved
> the first problem.
>
> I had previously tried to update Samba using Netconf.  It didn't update 
> everything
> - as I found when I looked at smb.conf (at James' suggestion).  Still, after
> trying to update smb.conf, I can't get network neighborhood to find the 
> network.
> Trying to work my way through the smb-howto.
>
> Thanks to both of you, bruce
> james l wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> > > Uh, it means that you told it that you wanted to log into a Windows domain
> > > in the network configuration panel. I don't think you want to do that just
> > > yet, as it would be necessary to at least see the windows network before 
> > > you
> > > can log into it. Get to the configuration tab of the network control 
> > > applet,
> > > open the properties for the Client for Microsoft Networks, and remove the
> > > checkbox from Log on to Windows NT Domain.
> > >
> > > ja
> > Or start samba. it can be configured in /etc/smb.conf (and it has pretty
> > helpful comments inside the file) You can configure it to share files,
> > printers and anything else, but if not configured correctly, it can be a
> > security problem.
> >
> > James L
> >
> > PS Look at the readme for encrypted passwords sent out by windows, as it is
> > sometimes is a pain to deal with.
> >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> > > Behalf Of Bruce Bales
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:03 AM
> > > To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [linux-help] win box can't reach gateway
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Still trying to set up a network.  My win98 box can telnet to both Linux
> > > boxes, but
> > > when booting the winbox, after putting in my network password, I get "no
> > > domain
> > > server was available to validate your password."
> > >
> > > nbtstat -a sam gives me "host not found."
> > >
> > > Network neighborhood shows only the winbox.  Windows help is no help.
> > >
> > > What does "Domain server" mean and how do I provide one?
> > >
> > > bruce
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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