Eric Hines wrote: > One more thing I forgot to mention. The chapter calls for editing > /etc/resolv.conf, but in my case it won't stay edited--it keeps > getting set back to an original form (for searching my ISP) on every > reboot. > Use the GUI tools if you don't want to go hunting around for the config files that control everything. That is assuming that there is such a tool that deals with your resolve order. I wouldn't know myself, I have chosen Debeian for it's usually straightforward layout.
> Thanks again. > > Eric Hines > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Samba-3 By Ex Chapt 3 > Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 17:47:09 -0500 > From: Eric Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Samba <samba@lists.samba.org> > > > > I guess I'm ate up with dumb because I'm having a great deal of > difficulty with this chapter. > > I'm running Samba v 3.0.14a on an FC3 machine. I've got two basic > problems: one centers on my DNS set up and the other is an > authenticated logon problem. With /etc/nsswitch.conf set to "hosts: > dns," I cannot ping my samba server--"Host not found." There shouldn't be any comma in there it should be : hosts: files dns wins Where are you pinging from? From your windows workstation? From the server? > Nor does <host > lserver1.test.biz> (which appears in my /etc/hosts file) resolve the > name (incidentally, "host -f ..." just tells me the f is an illegal > option). WINS seems to resolve OK (at least the test for that in the > chapter passes). I've checked my files several times, and I can find > no error in them. > For what is below, are you doing this from your test server as well? > The other problem is running smbclient //lserver1/accounts -U ehines. > I'm invited to give the password, so that part is OK, but when I do, > I just get an NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE message. ehines is the owner > of accounts and a member of the group that owns accounts. I think > this goes back to my logon file in /scripts (per the smb.conf set > up), but I'm clueless as to what should be in that file. That file > currently has the following contents: > > net time \\lserver1 /set /yes > net use h: /home > net use p: \\lserver1\accounts > > > Any help on these two would be greatly appreciated. There was a thread titled logon.bat that started a bit before this one. Have a look at that for example logon script settings. Regards Geoff Scott -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba