hi, i've some XP pro and one XP home workstation. samba runs in sharemode: [global] workgroup = SCHNELL server string = SERVER security = SHARE obey pam restrictions = Yes passdb backend = tdbsam passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 time server = Yes dns proxy = No ldap ssl = no panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d invalid users = root the xp pro clients and the server are on the subnet 192.168.1.0/24 and the xp home is on 192.168.10.0/24 connected by a router. the xp pro workstations work with out any problem. but the xp home asks for a username and password. why ? any suggestions ? TIA matthias
ignore this .. was a router / filter problem ... smb was blocked. Matthias Henze wrote:> hi, > > i've some XP pro and one XP home workstation. samba runs in sharemode: > > [global] > workgroup = SCHNELL > server string = SERVER > security = SHARE > obey pam restrictions = Yes > passdb backend = tdbsam > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n > *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . > syslog = 0 > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 1000 > time server = Yes > dns proxy = No > ldap ssl = no > panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d > invalid users = root > > the xp pro clients and the server are on the subnet 192.168.1.0/24 and the > xp home is on 192.168.10.0/24 connected by a router. > > the xp pro workstations work with out any problem. but the xp home asks > for a username and password. why ? > > any suggestions ? > > TIA > matthias > > >