RE: [PLUG] Samba almost working

["Eugene Smiley" <eugene@esmiley.net>]

plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org <> wrote:
> I have finally made a serious attempt at getting Samba to work. 
> At this point, the Linux machine can "see" the windows machines,
> but not vice versa.  I am using SWAT, Samba 2.2.1a, smbd and nmbd
> are reported as running, and I have set up one share in addition
> to the [homes] section.  Any ideas where I should look for
> problems? 

I am running Samba 2.2.7 and the resources I used in getting it to 
work came mainly out of /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.7/docs. You may 
need to apply the .reg files depending on the system and the setup 
you are attempting. There are lots of good text docs in 
docs/textdocs/ including WINNT.txt and WIN95.txt. One thing that 
snags the setup is the encryption option. Both sides must be using 
the same 'level'. It's all or nothing, and both sides (linux and 
Win) must match.

Getting Samba up using anything above SHARE level security is a 
bit of a challenge. Start with SHARE level first to be sure that 
your setup works. Then build up from there.

I also recommend "Using Samba" from O'Reilly. It explains all of 
the different settings.

Eugene

_________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group        --       http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug