Your netbios name is usually your hostname.
-- Arthur H. Johnson II Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA President, Genesee County Linux Users Group Debian GNU/Linux Advocate On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, axacheng wrote: > Hello List : > > i have a serious problem about samba authentication!!! > > Samba Server domain name is "ftp.sg.s1" in intranet DNS > Samba Share Folder name is "DDT-1" > > I have a share folder named "DDT-1", which needs legal account to access! > But, it appears to have some error in the authentication with Samba! > When our client attempt to connect to Samba server(\\debian100\DDT-1) and clicked on >the share folder(DDT-1), an authentication window appears, but proper authentication >cannot be performed. Even legal accounts cannot log in!!! > > However, if our client attemp to connect to Samba server using (\\ftp.sg.s1\DDT-1) >and clicked on the share folder(DDT-1), the client can then login without problem. > > WHY????? > > i think ,the samba config file (smb.conf) DIDN'T know where DDT-1 server > in our intranet!!! !!!!!so that i modify my smb.conf as follow: > > ################################ > ###Global parameters > ################################ > [global] > coding system = 950 > client code page = 950 > workgroup = DEBIAN > netbios name = DEBIAN100 > encrypt passwords = Yes > map to guest = Bad User > socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > os level = 2 > kernel oplocks = No > wins support = yes > > [DDT-1] > comment = Home Directories > netbios name = debian100 > guest account = ftp > read only = No > create mask = 0700 > directory mask = 0700 > ######################################## > > ANY HELPER CAN HELP ME???? @_@ > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]