Re: [Samba] smbpasswd

2002-06-11 Thread Christian Barth
Do not mix the smbpasswd file and the smbpasswd program. You have to run the the programm (/usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd) to change the file (/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd). You are trying to run the file. Christian > Whenever I try to run smbpasswd I get the following error: > > root

Re: [Samba] Strange problem with samba

2002-06-11 Thread Christian Barth
Have you checked about encrypted passwords? Christian > Hi, > > I was using samba 2.0.7 veersion for a while without any problem. > This morning, suddenly, many windows (nt/98) cannot connect the samba > server on our Linux (RedHat 6.2) server. Then, I downloaded the > version 2.2.4, extract

Re: [Samba] smbpasswd

2002-06-11 Thread Christian Barth
Look at "update encrypted" in man smb.conf Good Luck, Christian > Hallo, >I want to start to use encryption passwd (now I use plain >password). But I have 200 users in /etc/passwd at my server and I >do not want to change passwd for every user. Is there any way to >create file

RE: [Samba] admin users' file is owned by root

2002-06-07 Thread Christian Barth
There is principel a difference between Windows and Unix: On Windows you are a user with admin rights, On Unix you are admin. Unix root is admin and this with every thing he does: reading, writing files, running programms, ... Because of this the unix system is simple and clear, but some times

Re: [Samba] smbpasswd Question ...

2002-06-06 Thread Christian Barth
> Greetings ... > > In the smbpasswd file, does the uid, uid number and password have to > match > the Linux equivalint? > > The reason I ask, is that I am hoping that I can have a different > password > for Samba and Linux, because I don't wish to give out my root password > for domain jo

Re: [Samba] NFS versus SAMBA

2002-05-28 Thread Christian Barth
> Op di 28-05-2002, om 13:16 schreef Francis Adegbile: > > Hi Guys > > I have been tasked to produce a paper on why we should use SAMBA > > instaed of jus bog-standard NFS. Can you direct me to somewhere on > > your site where the info on this kind of comparison might be readily > > available. >

Re: [Samba] Windows user not in UNIX db.

2002-05-21 Thread Christian Barth
> > I want my Windows account to interact with my Linux user account. My > usernames on both machines used to be the same, but now corporate is > changing our name format (oh boy!). Now that the usernames no longer > sync, Samba is refusing me access to my Linux box. > > When I check the logs,

Re: [Samba] user's profile not deleted

2002-05-21 Thread Christian Barth
> Hi, > > I would like to ask, will the roaming profile directory in > C:\Documents and Settings\username, will be deleted once the user logs > out? W2K? > Mine isn't. I'm worried that, for a thousand users, one > workstation would have a thousand directories? I believe those are > not local p

Re: [Samba] smbclient & printing on win2k box with HP Deskjet 560C (Drivers?) SMB 2.2.3a - Kernel 2.4.7, red hat 7.2

2002-05-03 Thread Christian Barth
> On Thu, 02 May 2002 00:13, you wrote: > > You don't need samba to print, just smbclient. That is, you don't need to > > be running a samba server. > > Since you don't have much time and don't want to mess around with a lot of > > stuff, here is the quick and dirty way. Assuming your printer is >

Re: [Samba] smbclient & printing on win2k box with HP Deskjet 560C (Drivers?) SMB 2.2.3a - Kernel 2.4.7, red hat 7.2

2002-05-01 Thread Christian Barth
> Hi LUs, > > I dont have much time at the moment to read tons of documentation. So, I > would like to ask a hopefully easy to answer question. > > Samba is running alright with me, smbclient works fine, but I would like to > print from my Linux box over LAN to a printer (HP 560C) connected to

RE: [Samba] "/" shows up as home directory for "nobody" - available to any user

2002-04-25 Thread Christian Barth
, Suite 610 > Houston, TX 77069 > > phone: +1 (281) 587-2247 ext 111 > fax: +1 (281) 587-1593 > fax in Deutschland: (089) 2443 - 10378 > > "The instructions said to use Windows 98 or better, so I installed RedHat." > > > -Original Message----- > From: [EM

Re: [Samba] "/" shows up as home directory for "nobody" - available to any user

2002-04-25 Thread Christian Barth
> Strange thing: > After being logged on to samba-PDC (2.2.3a, LDAP) I see besides the user's > home directory a home directory for user "nobody" - containing the root file > system of my samba server. > The relevant parts in smb.conf looks like this: > > guest account = pcguest (if not set

Re: [Samba] Samba crashes under SuSE 8.0

2002-04-24 Thread Christian Barth
> Hello, > > my first posting in this list. Hope, that everything is ok.. My > nickname Stonki, I am German and living in SE London. > > The Problem: > After updating (complete new installation) of my workstation, Samba > crashes constantly when I try to mount the share. > > Client: SuSE 8 >

Re: [Samba] Converting Unix passwd to encrypted state in smbpasswd

2002-04-22 Thread Christian Barth
> > > Hello All, > > I was wondering if anyone knows of a utility to convert unix aix 4.3.3 passwd > file to encrypted state. The users can only access the Unix file servers if the > smbpasswd is encrypted. Currently, I'm manually changing the accounts by having > the users re-enter their pass

Re: [Samba] Help with printer logs

2002-04-20 Thread Christian Barth
> Pavol Eisenberg wrote: > > Hello there > > > > I have printer shared over the samba. What I need is to set up a loging for > > printer events. (Who,When) > > > > is it possible ? And here is my opinion: Use LPRNG as your Unix printing system. It has the feature to check the page counter

RE: [Samba] Restrict access to printers

2002-04-19 Thread Christian Barth
> When I say it doesn't work, the printer is working fine. Unfortunately, > everyone can print to it, even those users not in the group grp1. > > Regards Paul. > > -Original Message- > From: Gerald Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 April 2002 14:56 > To: Paul McAtasney > Cc: [

Re: [Samba] Samba with Win2K clients...

2002-04-13 Thread Christian Barth
> I've been working on getting my Win2K machines to be able to work > with my linux machine for a while now, and I'm about ready to > throw my Windows pc's out the window! My linux machine is running > RedHat 7.2 and Samba 2.2.1a. When I look for my linux box on the RH 7.2 installs a software f

Re: [Samba] Samba 2.2.3a for AIX 4.3.3

2002-04-13 Thread Christian Barth
> I've compiled Samba, built a small config file with SWAT. When I fire up smbd and >nmbd the nmbd daemon is not out there. The log shows the message: > > [2002/04/12 13:49:18, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(789) > bind failed on port 137 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0. > Error = Address already

Re: [Samba] user accounts and 2 samba servers

2002-04-13 Thread Christian Barth
> Say I have a Samba server with users on it and I set up a second Samba > server and I put security = server and point it to the first server how > will samba manage the permissions and stuff on the 2nd server? Do I need > to copy the unix accounts on the 2nd server? The second server will need t

Re: [Samba] Shadow passwords

2002-04-10 Thread Christian Barth
> Hi: > > I'm getting an ulcer trying to find docs on Linux shadow passwords with the > Samba encrypt password option. If you are using encrypted passwords, you do not have to worry about shadow passwords or not. Samba stores and maintains the encrypted passwords in a seperate file, compare th

RE: [Samba] Windows 2000 Terminal Server and Samba

2002-04-09 Thread Christian Barth
> The past two months we have been searching for a solution for this topic. We run >Citrix Metaframe 1.8 on W2k TS and had lots of performance problems. I sent some >questions about this to the list, but got no answers. > > What we finally found that was causing the problem is that we had our

Re: [Samba] Problems installing Samba

2002-04-09 Thread Christian Barth
> Have RH7.1 and am trying to install Samba 2.2.2. After much trouble with > conflicting files, I finally got it to install. However, when I try to run > it, I receive the following error message: > > auth: command not found > auth: command not found > account: command not found > session: comman