Dancing The Samba (part 1)

Very interesting article, but, I'd suggest to add some GUI tools info like:
SambaLink/Q http://www.spanware.com/linkq/sambalinkq.html
Komba http://komba.sourceforge.net/

I know that this is not geeky at all, but ...

Nice article. I have been using Samba for a few months on my home network, but in a very elementary fashion. You have shown me some better ways that I could be using it.

Looking forward to Part 2!

This:<BR>
<CODE>
$ su -
..
$ cd /tmp
$ tar -xzvf /home/me/samba-2.2.5.tar-gz
</CODE>
should probably be:<BR>
<CODE>
$ su -
..
# cd /tmp
# tar -xzvf /home/me/samba-2.2.5.tar-gz
</CODE>

The homes directory method does not seem to apply to xp clients. Is there an alternate method for creating homes directories for xp clients?

wao thanks for this article....
having a problem with a laptop using windows me it will keep prompting me for password since it will not take empty as password i tried anonymous and no luck


please help

i want to clarify also 2 issues before i proced with this

in thie smb.conf file
does the workgroup = hostname?
where did olympus come from?

does the workgroup has to be the same as workgroup in the identification tab of the windows machine,,, if so then i need to figure out why it will not take empty password in windows

i want to clarify also 2 issues before i proced with this

in thie smb.conf file
does the workgroup = hostname?
where did olympus come from?

does the workgroup has to be the same as workgroup in the identification tab of the windows machine,,, if so then i need to figure out why it will not take empty password in windows

more info to see if someone can help

in the windows machine i see a login box
Resource \\pepino\IPC$

should that be saying temp? and not ipc

I had some similar problems with Win 2000 that I resolved by using named samba users. Use the smbpasswd utility to add users and passwords:
smbpasswd -a -U username
smbpasswd username password

If you set the password to match the one in Windows, them you should be able to connect, otherwise you'll need to type in the correct password and then you'll be able to see all the shares.

u mean if win user is foo and pass pass


add that my linux box or just to samba?

You only have to add the user to Samba.

i dont know how?

its giving me this error
do i need to have the user in my /etc/passwd?


root@pepino:/home/landie > /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -a -U maricel
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
User maricel does not exist in system password file (usually /etc/passwd). Cannot add account without a valid local system user.
Failed to modify password entry for user maricel

furthermore i tried with a valid linux user added the name and still windows me does not let me in what am i doing wrong

yeah, dump xp and go back to win2k ... :)
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