Thanks George, I tried using webmin but I think I'd rather fully understand and tweak config file settings, since I was better off pre-webmin in terms of what the XP boxen could access. I haven't been able to get SWAT to work since I installed webmin either. It is greyed out in the KDE service configuration app, and I don't see it anywhere in /etc/rc.d/init.d, so I tried root# /usr/sbin/swat -s /etc/samba/smb.conf & and I still cannot connect to port 901 on any interface, including 127.0.0.1.
But then again, I've had problems with pretty much every GUI that came with RH7.2, and I've been trying not to use any of them. Thrice bitten? Woah, there, that's plenty much. Michael --- George Abdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, > > Here is a copy of my SMB.CONF file. It is working now because I was not joining the >domain > correctly beforehands. > > In you case, seeing you're using a workgroup environment, you wouldn't worry about >Domain > specific settings. > > I have found that it is better to edit the SMB.CONF file using one of the many >utilities > available: SWAT or Webmin. They are both pretty good. SWAT also has explanations >about all the > entries you can make. In general, if you use an unmodified .conf file from the RH7.2 >cds, you'll > get all printers shared and all home directories shared as well. > > Hope this helps. > > Let me know if you have any problems. > > ---------- begin smb.conf ------------- [snip] > ------------ end of smb.conf file ------------- > > > > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:53:15 -0800 (PST) > Michael Oatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That may help if I run a Win2K AS PDC which I'm thinking about doing now... > > I'm just running in a workgroup at the moment. > > > > My prob is that once I have browsed to the Linux shares (I can see them), > > I cannot access the writeable ones (I *can* access the read-only ones). > > It gives me an invalid user/pass error, even though I authenticated as > > a valid user just prior. Maybe there's something wrong with my > > mksmbpasswd command. I edited the file and took out lines for users > > like root, bin, etc., so that only users allowed to samba were present. > > Must I not edit the smbpasswd file? > > > > George, could you send your current smb.conf (without sensitive info) > > for comparison's sake to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? > > > > TIA, Michael > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- George Abdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michael, > > > > > > In response to your last comment about having to go to \\server\share to > > > actually connect, after fixing my problem (see my previous email) I am able to > > > go start->run->\\server and actually see all the shares in there. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Oatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm following this thread with interest since I seem to be having > > > > similar probs getting Samba 2.2.1a to work on RH7.2. > > > > > > > > 1) Specifically, when I browse (using KDE's Konqueror -- neither > > > > Gnome's > > > > Nautilus nor mozilla seem to be able to smb://) to any one of our > > > > WinXP > > > > boxen (only type) on our internal network, I get a prompt for > > > > user/pass > > > > which I enter successfully, then get displayed all available shares > > > > on > > > > whichever box to which I browse. So I then click on a share name > > > > (for > > > > which I have access) and I get the error message: > > > > Could not access > > > > <WinXP box name> > > > > Invalid user/password combination > > > > This happens immediately after I clicked on a share for which I > > > > successfully entered a valid user/pass combo. > > > > Anyone know what's going on? > > > > > > > > 2) None of the WinXP boxen on our internal network can access any of > > > > the > > > > writeable shares on the RH7.2 box in a workgroup. The shares are > > > > browsable, although no valid user/pass combos will authenticate > > > > properly. > > > > > > > > This sounds like the same kind of problem George is having. Why > > > > could > > > > one not browse to \\servername in an attempt to get to > > > > \\servername\sharename? > > > > > > > > TIA, Michael > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --- "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, George Abdo wrote: > > > > > >Here is the smb.conf file. I have edited out some of the network > > > > details for > > > > > >privacy. > > > > > > > > > > > >A domian computer account has been created and added on the > > > > domain. I can also > > > > > >ping the SAMBA server by netbios name on the domain (ie I can do > > > > ping -a georepc > > > > > > and I get the correct reply) > > > > > > > > > > > >Thanks for yor help. > > > > > > > > > > > >---------- begin smb.conf ------------- > > > > > >;*******************section global***************** > > > > > >[global] > > > > > >workgroup = DOMNAME \\our domain name > > > > > >netbios name = GEORGEPC > > > > > >server string = NT 4 Workstation > > > > > >interfaces = eth0 > > > > > >security = DOMAIN > > > > > >encrypt passwords = Yes > > > > > >update encrypted = Yes > > > > > >password server = PDC.company.com.au \\our PDC FQDN > > > > > > > > > > The password server must use a netbios name, not the FQDN. > > > > > > > > > > Make sure that there is an acount on the Linux system and in the > > > > Windows > > > > > domain that matches the username and password that you are trying > > > > to use to > > > > > connect to the Samba shared resource. You must also name that > > > > resource > > > > > using the servername and the resource name when connecting from a > > > > Windows > > > > > machine: \\servername\sharename > > > > > > > > > > Using just the servername will not work. Each resource has it's own > > > > > > > > > connection permissions, so you must tell samba what resource you > > > > are trying > > > > > to connect to so that Samba can figure out if you are authorized. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
