On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Michael Heydon <micha...@jaswin.com.au>wrote:
> > I am using Samba 3.0.33 on Linux as the server, and have Linux, windows >> XP, and Windows Vista clients. >> > I would suggest that until you have a basic working setup that you test > using a Linux client (smbclient), it doesn't have all of the fancy stuff > (cached credentials, etc) that will just confuse things. Are the XP and > Vista clients home/pro/business/ultimate/etc? Home is a bit quirky under > some circumstances. > It's XP Pro and Vista Ultimate > > > I have added user 'brandon003' with smbpasswd, I try logging in with that >> username and the correct password but I get a message in Windows saying that >> I do not have permissions. >> > What do you mean logging in? Does the Windows machine have a user with the > same name and password as the samba box? or are you prompted for credentials > when browsing to the share? > Oh, it would give me a pop-up window asking to log in. I have the user 'brandon003' on both the samba box and the Vista machine. > > > > ... set the password the same as my vista logon and it works fine. > > That was it. I was setting the password through smbpasswd to the password of 'brandon003' on the samba box, not the Vista box. I changed that and commented out nearly everything in my global section and now it works. :headsmack: Thanks Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba