Apollo at Carmel Music & Entertainment
2004-Jul-23 20:12 UTC
[Samba] SMB3.0 with XP Home and Win98SE clients. XP no go, what should I do?
I want to have SMB server to authenticate all my users. Problem is that I have 8 Win98SE workstations and 2 XP Home laptops. I know XP Home won't do domain log-ons. What are my options (I would realy hate giving M$ more money by upgrading laptops to PRO)? How can I do user based log-ins in that kind of environment? Thanks, Apollo
Craig White
2004-Jul-23 20:44 UTC
[Samba] SMB3.0 with XP Home and Win98SE clients. XP no go, what should I do?
On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 13:12, Apollo at Carmel Music & Entertainment wrote:> I want to have SMB server to authenticate all my users. Problem is that > I have 8 Win98SE workstations and 2 XP Home laptops. I know XP Home > won't do domain log-ons. What are my options (I would realy hate giving > M$ more money by upgrading laptops to PRO)? > How can I do user based log-ins in that kind of environment?---- Only with WinNT Workstation, Win2K Professional and WinXP Professional can machines participate in Domain security models. With Win98/ME/XP Home, you can attach to shares simply by opening 'My Network Places' browsing through Microsoft Networks - Workgroup Name - Server Name and it will ask for a login (name / password). These names/passwords must match samba user names/passwords and of course a samba user must have a corresponding user account (real or mapped via smbusers). If you wish to script the login (i.e. run from a machine's Start Menu - Startup)... something like... net use f: \\SERVER-NAME\SHARE password /USER:username should work. get to a command prompt and try it out first. If you need help, try net use /? Craig