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Old 10-24-2001
Question Samba & Win98
At this point I am very frustrated, I have been reading man
pages until my eyes bleed.

I have set Samba up on a Suse. 7.0 Linux box.
I have networked that box to my Win98 box.

I have shared a directory.
The linux box shows up in Win98 in Network Neighborhood.
I can click there and see the shares
When I try to click on the shares, it asks for a password.

Here is where the trouble comes in. What is the username ????
I have tried the password for every username in the linux box.
I have made sure those users were in smbpasswd, no luck

Win98 never asks for a username, just a psssword, and nothing works. I have tried practically EVERY setting in Win98 to get then to connect. I have tried leaving the password blank....

I have tried tons of different settings in /etc/smb.conf

I am at a loss and need help
Any suggestions?

Thanks
RECON
Last edited by Recon; 10-24-2001 at 12:32 PM..
# 2  
Old 10-24-2001
Hi recon,

It sounds like you haven't added samba users to your system, you need to use smbadduser for the users for which you want to allow smb access.

Andy
# 3  
Old 10-24-2001
Highly recommend the O'Reilly Samba book. It costs a few dollars but will save much time and frustration.
# 4  
Old 10-25-2001
I have discovered the answer. Encyption. Win98 uses it, Samba does not. However, it can be configured to use encyption.

Neo, Thanks for the advise. I will be picking up the Samba book on my next trip to the bookstore. (My shopping list is growing rapidly!)

RECON
 
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