Rashkae its working now. Apparently if browseable = yes is not set, then you cannot use Network Neighborhood or browse with windows. It also stops other windows clients from showing up in NN. I didn't know the browseable option had to do with windows :-( I set it globally but am aware that if set globally you cannot then set browseable = no in a share.
Also I set encrypted passwords = yes and used smbpasswd to add root and myself to the smbpasswd file. All is well now - I see all shares in NN and My Computer and can map them to a drive letter, do dir L: and all kinds of the usual network things. Also I can now use the Linux machine using as a time server using net time set which is why I got into this in the first place. On to setting the various master browser options now. Thanks for your help. Larry On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:57:55 -0500, Rashkae wrote: >Hey, sorry that didn't work out. I tested the configuration with >smbclient, but did not try browsing with Windows to see what would >happen. If this is still causing you difficulty, I'll be happy to >help you figure it out. I'll be home until some time mid-day >tomorrow. Let me know what you think. > >On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:44:03PM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: >> On further investigation using smbclient it appears that these are the >> shares listed. >> >> Sharename Type Comment >> --------- ---- ------- >> data Disk data drive >> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) >> ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.8a on linda) >> >> >> I don't know where IPC$ or ADMIN$ comes from but there is nothing in >> my smb.conf that would create these. Also I don't know why Network >> Neighborhood shows IPC$ under the Linda share but not data which is in >> smb.conf or ADMIN$. >> >> Apparently the Samba newsgroup and mailing list are a single entity so >> I'm only going to post to the newsgroup and see if it appears on the >> mailing list. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Larry >> >> >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:41:20 -0500, Rashkae wrote: >> >> >Hi Lary >> > >> >You can get around it by sending a blank password. (ie, just press >> >enter). Since you enabled guest ok, logins with bad passwords will go >> >to guest account (default is nobody) and all should be well. (If the >> >login prompt asks for a Username as well as a password, just put anything) >> > >> >As for why you need the password prompt at all, it is because Samba's >> >default security model is "User", which closely resembles a Windows NT >> >server. The server requires a valid user for all connections. If you >> >wanted to change this behaviour, you could change security to "share", >> >but I would not suggest doing that until you are more familiar with >> >those mysterious password issues. >> > >> > >> > >> >On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:22:34AM -0600, Larry Alkoff wrote: >> >> I am trying to setup a simple Samba server using the instructions in the >> >> O'Reilly book >> >> "Using Samba" first edition on a Slackware 9.1 system which uses Samba 2.2.8a. >> >> The windows machine uses windows 98SE. >> >> >> >> The instructions under Server Configuration starting page 93 >> >> and Disk Share Configuration starting page 96 >> >> had me setup a very simple smb.conf which should then appear in Network >> >> Neighborhood. >> >> It it does appear in NN and also using the command "net view". >> >> >> >> Then I should be able to click on the icon in NN and see the disk single share I >> >> have setup. >> >> When I try to do this I get a logon screen that demands a password. >> >> >> >> The instructions say that >> >> "We set the guest ok parameter to yes which is not very security conscious but >> >> there are some password >> >> issues that we need to understand before setting up individual users and >> >> authentification. For the moment, >> >> this will sidestep these issues and let anyone connect to the share." >> >> >> >> This is fine with me and in fact, it's the password issues that I don't >> >> understand yet and want to get straight later. >> >> >> >> Why can't I connect without the demand for a password? >> >> How can I get around it before getting into the complexities of password >> >> management? >> >> >> >> Here is the short smb.conf: >> >> >> >> [global] >> >> netbios name = linda >> >> server string = Samba %v on %L >> >> workgroup = lanet >> >> >> >> [data] >> >> path = /export/data >> >> comment = data drive >> >> volume = sample-data-drive >> >> writable = yes >> >> guest ok = yes >> >> >> >> I also made sure to setup the subdirectory /export/data and chown it to 777. >> >> >> >> Larry Alkoff >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >> >> >> >> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX >> >> Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba