On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:16:38 -0500, Jeff Bonner wrote: >After fooling around with the Samba server in Woody for a few days, I >just couldn't get any results, even after reading various FAQs and some >of the docs on samba.org. > >The problem is credentials, authentication, whatever you want to call >it. I can "see" the Debian machine with a Windows 2000 client, I just >can't browse anything. Depending on how options are set in SWAT, the >error is either "Incorrect password or unknown username for \\Debian" >which then prompts me for another username & password, or else a dialog >that says something to the effect that credentials aren't acceptable, >with no further chance to modify them (sorry I can't remember the exact >verbiage at the moment). > >I'm sure this is complicated further by having shadow and MD5, because >I'm not sure where Samba is trying to get the password from: PAM, or >its own password file, or who knows what else. > >Anyway, in one article, I gleaned the following tidbit: > >"SAMBA can work with Windows 2000 systems, as long as the latter are >running in NBT-compatibility mode." > >Perhaps this is what's holding me up from making progress here, but I >don't understand how to enable it; on the Win2K machine, "Enable NetBIOS >over TCP/IP" is already checked (maybe it should be unchecked?). Also I >don't know what the implications are for browsing other Windows machines >when you run in this "compatibility mode". > >Does anyone have more information on this, maybe a better HOWTO specific >to Win2K or some real-world results? A Google search for these keywords >brings up exactly one hit, the site where that came from in the first >place. > >TIA, > >Jeff Bonner > > PGP Key ID = 0x750C5FC2 >Fingerprint = 9BBA A791 014A 33DE 9BCC 8B4E AD28 3CB0 750C 5FC2
Jeff, Check out the SMB HOWTO. Win9x/NT encrypts the password, while samba expects un-crypted. The howto suggests registry fixes for 9x and NT but has no info for 2k (at least not on my in-machine file). It does suggest additional reading before you enable "encrypt passwords = yes" in your smb.conf file. good luck, gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
