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Mark Haidekker wrote:
> On Monday 05 August 2002 12:35 pm, you wrote:
>
>>...i can see my linux box
>>from network neighborhood, but when i try to connect to it, it asks for
>>a password, no username and lists the resource as: \\localhost\ipc$. no
>>matter what password i use, i am unable to connect.
>
> Does the Win user name and the Linux name match? Many times, I found it
> necessary to include
>
> username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>
> in the smb.conf file, and then map the Win user names to the Unix account:
>
> # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...
> nobody = guest pcguest smbguest
>
> Mark
Samba uses its own password file, /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Did you set up an
entry in it?
I believe the usernames don't have to match if you're using the password file.
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MK
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