[Wolves] Samba and passwords

Andrew Lewis andrew at monkeysailor.co.uk
Sat Sep 10 19:04:46 BST 2005


Kevanf1 wrote:

>place of the Linux one and all works perfectly.  Trying to access a
>drive on the Linux tin from the Windows tin is worse.  Again it asks
>for a username/password combination.  In this case nothing is
>accepted.  I have tried root and normal users, nothing.  I am,
>therefore, left wondering if there is a file somewhere in the Samba
>configuration directory where I need to actually add users and
>passwords.
>
>I have both Samba client and server running.  The network is a
>standard ethernet with both machines going through a router
>(broadband/modem/switch/firewall).  Could this last be my problem
>area?
>  
>
You could also try changing the line 'security = user' to 
'security=share' in the smb.conf file and see what happens.
:) ms



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