> You also have > to config the Windoze box not use use encrypted passwords, otherwise Samba > won't work. I'll have to dig those instructions out of my email.
There is a win* regedit file that comes with the samba distro, just run it on the windoze box to update the registry to use plain passwords. OR, I think you can set an option in the [global] part of the samba conf file so that it reads encrypted passwords from the clients. >.............Windoze boxes, they are not allowed to >mount each other :-) Bloody good job, don't want them breeding :~) Mike RE: Re: Linux domain. On Friday 14 December 2001 20:25, you wrote: > >I have a Redhat 7.0 box set up. the host+domain is zeus.dconsulting.com > > > >It's on a private network and that machines does not see the internet at > >all. > > > >I want to make it so windows 98 has to log into the RH box as a > >server/client network. > > > >What would I have to do in windows and linux to make it so that linux is > > the domain server. Is it just Samba in linux that would do that, or do > > I have to set something in the network settings. I assing static IP's. > > > >Zeus (the redhat box) is 10.1.1.1 > >Hercules (98 box) is 10.1.1.2 > >right now on a p-t-p network the workgroup is olympus. > >Michael S. Dunsavage > > The simple answer to your question is yes. > > As an example, as you can see from my .sig, my domain is vidiot.com, > which is on the internet via DSL. I have two Windoze 98SE boxes on my > internal net. The Linux box has two ethernet cards. One for the outside > and one for the inside. I have one of the 98SE boxes configured so that it > will get to the outside via the Linux box and box Linux boxes mount four > different filesystems/directories from the Linux box. As you figured, > Samba is used as the mechanism for allowing the mounting. Because I > do firewire stuff on the Windoze boxes, they are not allowed to mount > each other :-) I just transfer stuff to the Linux box and then copy it to > the other Windoze box. > > I use firestarter to do firewalling with iptables and it also starts > ipmasqerading(spelling?), which allows the PeeCee to get to the outside. > Each of the boxes are assigned IP addresses by me. > > You MUST download the latest version of Samba from the official site and > compile it. The version that comes with RedHat is busted and does not > work correctly. > > BTW, each of the Windoze boxes can print to the HP PostScript printer that > I have attached to the Linux box, via Samba. > > If you wanna see my Samba config file, I can post it here. You also have > to config the Windoze box not use use encrypted passwords, otherwise Samba > won't work. I'll have to dig those instructions out of my email. > > Once I got the latest version of Samaba running with RH 7.1, it connects > extremely fast at Windoze bootup and just keeps on tickin'. I had a > Hell-uv a time getting Samba to connect with the Windoze boxes under the > older version and 6.x. It refused to work under 7.1. > > MB _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
