Attached is How I did it on my machines. I had
to make good notes as I knew I would be doing
a similar set up a few months later at work.
Hope it helps.
Linda Hanigan
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Subject: FW: Trouble with Samba and Win 98
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>
> I've scoured through the Samba HOWTO and guide and I just can't seem to
find
> a fix! I want to run SMB from my linux box so I can access it on my win
98
> host. No matter what I try, though, I just can't get the win box to see
the
> linux box in the Network Neighborhood. does anyone have any suggestions
for
> items I should be including in my smb.conf file? What should I look for
in
> the network properties on the win box to ensure correct confirguration?
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> Thanks,
> Drew
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What I did to get samba working:
1. Deleted NetBeui protocol from windows machines
set up user name and password to match unix login and password
2. set netbios name in smb.conf
3. set workgroup name in smb.conf
4. uncomment bsd printing line
5. uncomment encryption ( with shop will need to uncomment password as mixed case)
6. populate smbpasswd
cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
set smbpasswd with smbpasswd command
7. set up file shares for zipdrive made change to etc/fstab for user
mounting of dos zip drives
8. start samba with /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
9. change system services so samba will start on boot
Part of smb.conf file
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
<snip>
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
# set the netbios machine name for the server
netbios name = STAR
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
workgroup = OFFICE
<snip>
# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
printing = bsd
<snip>
# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
; password level = 8
; username level = 8
# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
<snip>
#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
#share name
[zipdrive]
path = /mnt/zip
writable = yes
preexec = /usr/local/lbin/General/ZipDos
postexec = /usr/local/lbin/General/CloseZip
<snip>
# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
<snip>
