[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've made progress on my SAMBA problem. I deleted the **hosts allow** line in
> smb.conf and now my WIN98 machine can see my LINUX machine in Network
> Neighbourhood.
>
> But now I have a strange problem with passwords.
> On the LINUX machine (shlomo1), smbclient -L shlomo1 and smbclient -L shlomo2
> allow me to see all the shared resources. In both cases, I get a password
> prompt, but it doesn't matter what I enter at the prompt !!! Whatever I enter
> allows me access.
>
> On the WIN98 machine (shlomo2), in Network Neighbourhood, double clicking on
> Shlomo2 shows the shared resources, but double clicking on shlomo1 gets me a
> password prompt and after entering root password I get a messsage saying
> **incorrect password**.
>
> Is there a way to get rid of all the passwords and start over ???
As I remember, SAMBA stores it's passwords in a separate passwords file,
though maybe that changed with the latest versions. Anyhow, I recall I
had
to add passwords to that file with 'smbpasswd' command or something
similar.
About "any password working", are the Windows shares password-protected
or just allowed to anyone? Right-click the shared directory, and choose
"Sharing" (just checking :)
Does it "allow you access" to the shared files themselves, or just to
the
shares list? Could be that the list of the resources you offer is not
considered worth hiding, while accessing them will still require proper
permissions. There should be some trust in the LAN. (note - I'm just
guessing. It's been long since I messed with Samba.)
Outside - just have a blocking firewall (or disallow hosts -
not sure Windows SMB can do it).
--
Best regards,
Ilya Konstantinov
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