c.e.smith wrote:

I am runnjing a mixed network of win 98 and win xp the primary machine i was
testing on was xp.
the samba version is not available in the man pages or config file, but it
comes with redhat 6.0
I have encripted passwords disabeled I didn't want to have to use
passwords at all since this is a privae home network
the path to the share is created
I haven't added any smb users (addsmbuser ?)
no messages with the name of the client machine it just looks like it is
running as localhost


I've redirected my reply back to the list so as to share my answer.

You must use encrypted passwords in Samba. Windows above 95 use encrypted passwords. (And, patched versions
of Windows 95 can use them too.)
You would have to edit the registry on each of the Windows boxes to make them work with unencrypted paswords.
It's easier to just enable encrypted passwords. The passwords can be blank, but the encryption still needs to be on.


You must also add users to Samba. You must add a Linux user first (useradd USERNAME) and
then add a Samba user (smbpasswd -a USERNAME).
If you want a blank password, use this command: smbpasswd -a -n USERNAME
(The -n means "no password". The -a means "add Samba user".)


To check your version of Samba, use this command: smbd -V
To check the status of Samba connections, use this: smbstatus

Hope this helps.

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