Re: problems accessingg / viewing shares on a linux box from windows.
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 06:54:39PM +0100, robert fernando wrote:
> Hi all,
> Problem viewing a linux pc from windows
> On a box running windows 98 I login using the login name x w
> x space w
> when I double click on the linux enty in network neighbourhood, I get
> prompted for a password to enter, for the following resource \\debian\ipcs$
> which fails.
> I think the reason it fails is due to there being no user acount on the
> same box with the corresponfing user name as the one currently logged
> into the win 98 box.
> How do I create a suitable loggin / user on the linux box (debian 3.0 /
> woddy).
> adduser x w
> or adduser --force-badname x w
> or add user --force-badname 'x w'
> does not work with an error message complainig about the space in the
> user name.
Look into username map. I believe the lines are:
in smb.conf:
username map = /etc/samba/user.map
in user.map:
user_on_linux = "x w"
Brian
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