It looks like you have missed out a few steps. The simplest way to configure Samba is to use 'Webmin' If it not already running install the webmin rpm and then in a browser url enter https://localhost:10000 (note https !!) accept the certificate you are presented with and log on as username root.
In webmin select Servers>SambaWindows File sharing>ConvertUnix users to Samba users (at bottom of page) Select convert users then Edit users. Delete any user which got converted you did not want, and for any user you do want edit them and select 'new password' and give them the password Windows users must offer when trying to access a share. Go back to the page headed 'Samba Share Manager' if the shared folder you created before is listed then edit it, if not create a new shared folder. Select if the folder is browsable, and also set up any security you desire on that folder. (Might be a good idea to start with little security until you get it working) BTW: The special share called 'homes' will make the home directory of any user who logs into Samba shared. Go back to Global Configuration 'Windows Networking options' enter the correct windows workgroup name Now go back to 'Samba share Manager' and restart samba (botton of page) Your Samba shares should now be visible to windows machines, and the passwords should be accepted. To see the Windows computers in Linux I recommend komba2 It gives you a GUI very like 'Network Neughbourhood' in Windows. Any folder you mount using komba2 will appear in konqueror at ~/komba/ HTH derek On Monday 27 May 2002 11:34 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Running on Mdk 8.2, in a triple boot with W2K and Win98. > > If I am to progress at all I must be able to work while the rest of the > family are on the LAN. That is, 1 W2K m/c and 2 Win98 m/cs. I need to > share a FAT32 directory, identified in Linux as /mnt/win_d2/Public, and > to make my m/c the gateway for ICS. > > I requested Samba and ICS when installing, so I'm fairly sure all > necessary services will be installed. > > I have created users on my Linux partition, giving them the same name > and password as they use on the Win m/cs. I have entered Samba > passwords. Then, using Micky's PC for testing, I checked to see what > was happening. > > I can see Anne_linux in Network Neighbourhood. Clicking on it shows me > my 2 CUPS printer setups and a folder called Homes. Clicking on this > asks for a password - and I can go no further. > > From my Linux screen I can see Micky/Public from Control Centre/Mount > Points. > > 1) What did I do wrong? > > 2) How should I have entered Micky into the Samba Users Config. file? > I just put 'Micky = Micky users', assuming that it had something to do > with the groups she belongs to. If it is, do I need to add all the groups? > > 3) If I try to see Micky/Public under Konq I get 'cannot connect to > host localhost'. When I get the other problems sorted out will this > disappear, or is it a totally separate problem? You need to install and configure LISa for this to work. I think you will find komba2 is nicer/easier. > > TIA > > Anne
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