Help with Samba ???

Go to: http://ctdp.homestead.com/files/os/linux/usersguide/index.html

There is a users guide at that website. Item 38 describes Configuration of Samba. Basically you want to 1)Set up the /etc/smb.conf file, 2)Add users to Samba, and 3)start Samba. Be sure to use encrypted passwords, and if you're using Win95, be sure it uses encrypted passwords also. Be sure to use the smbpasswd command to set up users passwords for samba. Also I recommend that you comment out the "hosts deny" and "hosts allow" lines to avoid having problems browsing in Samba.

I have had wonderful success with the Caldera distribution. It comes with Webmin, a web-based administration tool. You can use it to manage your entire system, including Samba. You don't need to hand-edit your conf files. You may wish to check it out.

I dont know exactly what you've done so far so I'll give you a few basics. First, you need both TCP/IP and NETBEUI installed on your Windows machines. As mentioned earlier, you can edit the smb.conf file manually to add shares or use something like"Swat", which comes with some versions of caldera. Since I am using a linux server on a small home LAN, I chose to use plain text passwords. But you need to add a value in the registry called EnablePlainTextPasswords and set it =1. I don't recallthe exact location of the entry though. These are just some things to get you started.

brian

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