I have been put in charge of an Intel Linux machine that is running Samba. Most of the people on our team are able to connect to the server without any problems, but a few of have difficulties. I, myself, am running NT 4.0 with service pack three. When I first boot up my NT computer, if I need to access the Samba server, it will ask me for my user name and password. I have to enter my user name for the Linux machine (which is different from my normal network account name) and my Samba password to get the connection to work. After that I can connect to the server without any trouble. I don't understand why I have to go through with this, because there is a colleague of mine running Windows 2000 who doesn't have to go through any of this to make the connection. We also have a person on the team running Windows 98 who is unable to connect to the server. Whenever she tries, she is asked for a password and no matter what she enters for the password she cannot get connected. Most everyone else on the team who is running Windows 98 can connect to the server just fine. Does anyone have any suggestions about why we might be having these problems? Please reply directly to me as I am not currently subscribed to this mailing list.
Tron Thomas wrote:> > I, myself, am running NT 4.0 with service pack three. When > I first boot up my NT computer, if I need to access > the Samba server, it will ask me for my user name and password.If your psasword on the linux box is different than you windows nt domain password, you wil get prompted. If you are using plain text psaswords, you will always get prompted.> We also have a person on the team running Windows 98 who > is unable toconnect to the server. Whenever she tries, > she is asked for a password and no matter what she enters > for the password she cannot get connected. Most everyone > else on the team who is running Windows 98 can > connect to the server just fine.You will either need to enable password encryption in Samba (ENCRYPTION.txt) or enable lain text passwords on the Windows 98 client (Win98_PlainPassword.reg) All these comments are based on sketchy details of your setup. Will need more information to provide more detailed answers. Cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter Professional Services \/ http://www.valinux.com VA Linux Systems gcarter@valinux.com http://www.samba.org SAMBA Team jerry@samba.org http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~cartegw "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )
Remember that Win9x will only connect as the current user-name, so the usernames must (between client and server) match or be mapped with the samba map file. Tron Thomas wrote:> > I have been put in charge of an Intel Linux machine that is running > Samba. > > Most of the people on our team are able to connect to the server without > any problems, but a few of have difficulties. > > I, myself, am running NT 4.0 with service pack three. When I first boot > up my NT computer, if I need to access the Samba server, it will ask me > for my user name and password. I have to enter my user name for the > Linux machine (which is different from my normal network account name) > and my Samba password to get the connection to work. After that I can > connect to the server without any trouble. I don't understand why I > have to go through with this, because there is a colleague of mine > running Windows 2000 who doesn't have to go through any of this to make > the connection. > > We also have a person on the team running Windows 98 who is unable to > connect to the server. Whenever she tries, she is asked for a password > and no matter what she enters for the password she cannot get > connected. Most everyone else on the team who is running Windows 98 can > connect to the server just fine. > > Does anyone have any suggestions about why we might be having these > problems? > > Please reply directly to me as I am not currently subscribed to this > mailing list.-- Andrew Bartlett abartlet@pcug.org.au