[Samba Authentication] Set up a Samba share for Ubuntu and XP toaccess

[Chris Neary]

Ah-ha! Absolutely perfect. That command worked a treat.

Now I have a nice centralised virtual dumping ground for all sorts of
rubbish on both machines.
Thanks all of you for your reponses. :-)

Chris

On 29/05/06, RudolfMDLT <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi there!
>
> First - make sure all the PC's are on the same workgroup - Change it to
> HOMENET or NEARYNET or
> any other clever name you can think of.
>
> Then share files on all the PC's. In windows, don't use the wizzard -
> just enable file sharing.
>
> Then you have to add users to the Ubuntu machine sothat the windows
> PC's can access it:
> This is done in the terminal:
>
> 1) sudo smbpasswd -e yourname
> 2)Type and retype new Samba password
> 3)sudo smbpasswd -a XP username
> (the usernames of your network users)
> 4)Type and retype their passwords
>
> Now when the login pops up from the XP side you can just login and
> everything should work fine!
>
> For more, see this how to:
>
> http://ubuntuguide.org/#networking
>
>
> Hope you get sorted!
> Cheers!
>
>
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