On Sunday 21 Mar 2004 17:47, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2004 17:27, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Samba should work virtually "out of the box" The only thing you > > normally have to change is the Workgroup name, and add your Windows > > passwords. > > > > If you install the drakwizard RPM then your Mandrake Control Centre > > will contain a set of server wizards. The Samba wizard will install > > samba for you and change your workgroup name. When the wizard > > closes it will remind you to run 'smbpasswd -a user_name' for each > > Windows users who wishes to access their home directories on Linux. > > Give the *Windows* password of the user. > > Just remember that the windows user must have an account on your > machine that uses exactly the same login name and password as on the > XP box - and it's case-sensitive. > > If you also install lisa and lin-neighborhood you will easily be able > to see the shares available, although you will have to specifically > mount and umount. > > Anne Not quite true. The passwords may be different. That us why the smbpasswd command has to be given to let samba know what the windows password is. Also the user names may be different too if aliases are used, but for a newbie it is less trouble if they are the same. derek
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