[Gllug] Re: SMB server setup

[Daniel Andersson]

> The windows network computer name is "dickpc" but the "ENTER NETWORK
> PASSWORD" window has a User name on that pc set to "dick" and password
> ("fred").

to get around this, right-click on the share you want to access and select
"Connect using another username.." (or something along those lines)

/ d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Hopkins" <lug at streaknet.co.uk>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Re: SMB server setup


> You could install the windows registry patches so that the user/pass is
sent
> un-encrypted, doing this means you don't need to use smbpasswd everytime
you
> add a new unix user. Each new Unix user will just 'work'. Depends if
you're
> on a trusted network I guess.
>
> Luke
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rdrinkwater" <rdrinkwater at ego-computers.ltd.uk>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:37 PM
> Subject: [Gllug] Re: SMB server setup
>
>
> >
> > Afternoon folks,
> >
> > For our sins we are trying to set up a new server as a SMB server to a
M$
> > network.
> >
> > We have reached the point where passwords are not being accepted (ever)
> from
> > windows machines when trying to access the shares through network
> > neighborhood..
> >
> > If we configure smb.conf to have "security = user" then the windows
> machine
> > will request a pasword (for \\<server>\IPC$, i.e. upfront) as soon as we
> > click on the name <server> (our mandrake 8.0 server) in the choice of
> > machines in network neighbourhood.
> >
> > If we configure smb.conf to have "security = share" (i.e. password
> > authentication at the share level) then we can click on <server> (in
> network
> > neighborhood) and get a list of all the shares and, for each share set
as
> > "guest ok = yes", we can access files view/alter etc. them.  For the
> > "Shares" with "guest ok = no" (the default) you cannot access the share
> > without the (windows machine) requesting a password.
> >
> > This is all fine and as it should be - the PROBLEM IS: It always refuses
> to
> > accept the password.
> >
> > The windows network computer name is "dickpc" but the "ENTER NETWORK
> > PASSWORD" window has a User name on that pc set to "dick" and password
> > ("fred").  From the /var/log/samba/dickpc.log it appears the username
(for
> > username/password use) IS dick.  We have set UNIX accounts on the SMB
> server
> > for dick, dickpc and DICK all with the same password ("fred") which is
the
> > same as the password set on the windows pc but they are all rejected.
> >
> > There must be something silly happening but we cannot see it.  We have
> tried
> > "password level = 8" in desperation (0 should be ok anyway as Unix
> password
> > for all accounts are in lower case).
> >
> > Any suggestions will be gratefully received.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Leszek Zdunek
> > Roy Drinkwater
> >
> > ---- Original Message -----



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