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From: "Billie Erin Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
david rankin wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Felix Miata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 2006/12/13 22:29 (GMT-0500) Thomas Miller apparently typed:
Unfortunately, it failed to change the password. I am assuming the
default password is blank? So when it asked for my old password, I
should just hit enter.
Before there can be a samba user setup with smbpasswd there must be a
user of same name setup with useradd or a GUI tool for user management.
Once the user "msuser" exists in /etc/passwd, then you can create the
corresponding samba user "msuser" thus 'smbpasswd -a msuser', and it
will then ask for the password you wish msuser to use.
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To make it simple, an example with help. The easiest way to avoid
problems when you are getting started is to make sure the windows user
name and password are the same as the linux user name and password.
So if you have a windows login of "joe" and password of "blow", then on
the linux box (as root)
(1) useradd joe
(2) smbpasswd -a joe
enter password: blow
(3) then make sure that you define a valid share in /etc/samba/smb.conf
[myshare]
comment = I want to share this with windows
path = /home/samba/directorytoshare
writeable = Yes
inherit permissions = Yes
Also, under the [global] section of the smb.conf file you will want to
set:
wins support = yes
to help with netbios name resolution
That should do it........
Not meant to be a put down, but sometimes I think the Oldtimers don't
realize just how powerful the GUI has become.
Thanks for cheering me up............. Now I feel really dated........
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David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
(936) 715-9333
(936) 715-9339 fax
www.rankinlawfirm.com
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