[wplug] Samba Question

[R.E.Coutch]

The username and password you use to access the samba share must also be 
added as a Linux account.
If it's not already an account on your system (such as: nobody), you 
will need to add the account with adduser.

I have a public share on my samba server that everyone can access.
Is that what you're trying to do or do you want each user to authenticate ?

To get a public share add the following to your GLOBAL section on smb.conf

guest account = nobody
map to guest = Bad User

nobody is an account in my /etc/passwd that has no login shell.


Does this help?

Bob



Scott Eicher wrote:

>I am hoping someone can help me with a Samba problem I've been having:
>
>I am trying to get samba working as a stand-alone file server which
>workstations on our domain can connect to, authenticating the username to
>the samba server and not to the domain. I have verified that I can connect
>the the samba shares using smbclient on the  server and on other linux/unix
>boxes. When I try to map a drive from a Windows 2000 workstation on our
>domain to a share on the samba server I get the following error: 
>
>System error 1326 has occurred.
>Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>
>I am using this command at the command line:
>net use \\Samba Server IP\storage1 /USER:Samba Server IP\smbtest
>( I've tried the Samba server IP, the server name, and the workgroup name
>for the user.)
>
>I have added the smbtest user to the samba server using smbpasswd -a and the
>user does exist in the passwd file as well as the smbpasswd file. I have
>also set the passwords for smbtest to be the same. The smbtest user is in
>the changec group on the linux side.
>
>Here is what my smb.conf looks like (all other options are default):
># Global parameters
>[global]
>        workgroup = CCSTOR
>        server string = Samba Server
>        encrypt passwords = Yes
>        log level = 3
>        log file = /var/samba/log/smb.conf.%m
>        max log size = 50
>        local master = Yes
>        dns proxy = No
>
>[storage1]
>        comment = CC Storage 1
>        path = /export/home/storage1
>        valid users = @changec
>        read list = @changec
>        write list = @changec
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Scott
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