Network access
David Curtis
dcurtis at uniserve.com
Tue Jul 8 14:55:14 UTC 2008
John French wrote:
> I have been setting up a home file, print and e-mail server on 8.04
> Server (64 bit (AMD)), and I would appreciate help with a couple of
> questions.
>
> 1. I believe I have Samba, Postfix and Dovecot configured about right,
> but I am getting persistent refusals when I try to connect from Windows
> machines. I get "Enter Network password", but when I enter my user name
> and password (which are the same for Linux and Windows), I get
> "Incorrect password or unknown username". I have tried deleting my user
> id on th server, and re-entering it, using my wife's id, and so forth,
> without success. Can it have to do with /etc/network/interfaces ? I
> have tried, as far as possible, not to disturb the defaults, but I have
> set a static IP address, and have put that into /etc/network/interfaces.
No, the error message has nothing to do with /etc/network/interfaces. If
you are recieving the error message then I would assume that your
network is up and running as related to ethernet/TCP/IP and Samba. If
they were not then you would recieve a different error to the effect
that the network was not up, or a connection refused error. The password
error indicates a setup problem.
One of the most common oversights with setting up samba is not assigning
a smb password. Smb passwords are separate from account passwords,
although the can be, for simplicity's sake, the same. To add a smb
password for your user:
$sudo smbpasswd -a (user)
this will not change the account password.
> 2. I have wondered if Postfix is a bit OTT. A knowledgeable contributor
> to the list has recommended masqmail, but it seems to be currently
> unsupported. Any advice ?
>
> John French
>
>
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