RE: smb.conf on Debian

[David Pastern <david@scsenterprises.com.au>]

David,

You will need to add a user account to your linux system (ie adduser
<username>).  You will then need to ensure that password encryption in
smb.conf file has been turned on (or similarly the windows registry has been
hacked to avoid this).  Then set up a smbpasswd for this new user account.
Under global settings in smb.conf change this (if not already changed):

encrypt passwords = yes

Then add this line (strangely it wasn't in my smb.conf file and I had to
manually add it):

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smpasswd

I was quite confused by all of this (and still am to be totally honest).
Note that this will allow the Windows XP machine to see the home dir created
when you did the adduser.  I'm not sure how to set it up so that that
Windows user can see the home dir and any other dirs that you might want
them to.  I'm only newish to samba, so I hope i've told you the right stuff,
if I haven't I apologise.  I'm sure someone will correct my faux pais.  Good
luck, hope I helped.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: David Sanders
To: Debian Users; David Pastern
Sent: 26/09/2002 6:30
Subject: smb.conf on Debian

 
I set up a SMB share on a Debian 3.0 machine with this config:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
	workgroup = SANDERS
[test]
	comment = For testing only
	path = /data/test
	browseable = yes
	read only = no
	guest ok = yes

When I try to access the share from Windows XP, I get this error:  "The
account is not authorized to log in from this station."
What do I need to do?  It doesn't ask for a password or anything.

David


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