[Wolves] samba question >ouch<

[Alex Willmer]

On Tue, November 7, 2006 8:47 pm, Baza wrote:
> Hiya.
>
> I'm trying to add a file server to my home network using Samba. It's
> up and running and I can get at my share using my Ubuntu laptop, so
> far so good. But, my XP box and my Osx box can see the server but
> when confronted by the password question, no matter what I type in it
> gets rejected.

Have you created Samba passwords for the user(s) you're logging in with?

With the default configuration Samba doesn't use the shadow/PAM
mechanisms, it requires a separate password created using the smbpasswd
command.

Alex