You should probably try "swat" to set the configuration. Before using it, make sure that samba is already running.
Yuhanes David Pastern schrieb: >David, > >You will need to add a user account to your linux system (ie adduser ><username>). You will then need to ensure that password encryption in >smb.conf file has been turned on (or similarly the windows registry has been >hacked to avoid this). Then set up a smbpasswd for this new user account. >Under global settings in smb.conf change this (if not already changed): > >encrypt passwords = yes > >Then add this line (strangely it wasn't in my smb.conf file and I had to >manually add it): > >smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smpasswd > >I was quite confused by all of this (and still am to be totally honest). >Note that this will allow the Windows XP machine to see the home dir created >when you did the adduser. I'm not sure how to set it up so that that >Windows user can see the home dir and any other dirs that you might want >them to. I'm only newish to samba, so I hope i've told you the right stuff, >if I haven't I apologise. I'm sure someone will correct my faux pais. Good >luck, hope I helped. > >Dave > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Sanders >To: Debian Users; David Pastern >Sent: 26/09/2002 6:30 >Subject: smb.conf on Debian > > >I set up a SMB share on a Debian 3.0 machine with this config: >/etc/samba/smb.conf >[global] > workgroup = SANDERS >[test] > comment = For testing only > path = /data/test > browseable = yes > read only = no > guest ok = yes > >When I try to access the share from Windows XP, I get this error: "The >account is not authorized to log in from this station." >What do I need to do? It doesn't ask for a password or anything. > >David > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
