samba problems

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 07:59 -0400, Paul wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a simple LAN with a samba server on the linux box.
> [...]
> I've sometimes gotten the shares to display, but I always get met 
> by user/password dialog, that I can't get past.

I assume you don't want to give access without a password.

> Ultimately, I want to allow access from the windows side to samba by a single 
> windows user and deny access to others.

Make sure security is set to "user" in smb.conf:

   security = user

Make sure that encrypted passwords are turned on in smb.conf:

   encrypt passwords = true

Restart Samba (makes certain the changes are picked up).

Run smbpasswd as root on the samba machine to set up their password. In
this example, the user is "freddy":

   sudo smbpassd -a freddy

You'll be prompted for the password. Note that "freddy" is the username
on the Samba machine, not on the Windows machine. It's marginally easier
on the user if the usernames are the same though. The password does not
have to be (and should not be) the user's password on their Windows
machine.

Basically that's all there is to it.

Regards, K.

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