Good Morning, I am trying to setup a basic samba config by first starting up swat. I have followed the guide http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch02.html but have problems. I am running kubuntu, samba 3.0.14a, my smb.conf file is ... [global] workgroup = METRAN encrypt passwords = yes [test] comment = For testing only, please path = /etc/samba/tmp read only = no guest ok = yes I have a /etc/samba/tmp directory, I am user dave on the system so I ... smbpasswd -a dave I gave it a password of 'testing', it complained that a file did not exist then created it for me ... all looked AOK I pointed my browser to http://localhost:901, an authentication dialogue popped up, I entered 'dave', 'testing' hopeing for the swat screen but all I get is authentication failed, retry. I have tried everything I can think of, including re-booting the machine, Having mailed the kubuntu mailing list all I managed to get was a reply from a fellow samba newbe having the same problem :) Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong or is there a problem with the kubuntu setup in which case I will file a bug report. Cheers Dave
dave wrote:> > I am running kubuntu, samba 3.0.14a, my smb.conf file is ... > > [global] > workgroup = METRAN > encrypt passwords = yes > [test] > comment = For testing only, please > path = /etc/samba/tmp > read only = no > guest ok = yes > > I have a /etc/samba/tmp directory, > > I am user dave on the system so I ... > > smbpasswd -a dave > > I gave it a password of 'testing', it complained that a file did not exist > then created it for me ... all looked AOK > > I pointed my browser to http://localhost:901, an authentication dialogue > popped up, I entered 'dave', 'testing' hopeing for the swat screen but all I > get is authentication failed, retry.This is a guess, but try adding security = user to the [global] section. You might also try, as I did, using the /etc/samba/smb.conf file that came with the samba package. Then run swat, and use it to make your changes. Mat