Re: help for samba.conf
illusion writes:
> I just managed to fix a similar problem myself. I could see the Samba server from
> the Windows machines, but couldn't browse the shares, although i thought everything
> was set up right.
> I had to add encrypted password support for the Win98 boxen on the network. Then I
> added the following lines to smb.conf:
>
> encrypt passwords = yes
> smbpasswd file = /path/to/smbpasswd
> preferred master = yes
> donain logons = yes
>
> Those lines basically turn the Samba server into the equivalent to an NT domain
> controller. I just had to set the windows networking to log into an NT domain to
> authenticate, and all works well now. I spent probably 8 hours this afternoon
> reading through the man page for smb.conf, the DOMAIN.txt that comes with the source
> tarball and countless daemon restarts before i figured this out. And it's all for
> the better because I don't have to put an NT server back up.
>
> Hope this helps....
Exist a method to create smbpasswd from the unix passwd file? Is it
posible to have problems if the passwords are case mixed? (the
clients are mainly Win95 boxes).
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