Use 'security = user' in smb.conf
--- Michael Chan <mikeyboy@uclink.berkeley.edu>
wrote:
> Hi, sorry if this is a common problem that I just
> couldn't find in the
> documentation, but I've been trying to be able to
> access my shares on a
> Mandrake box from a Win2k client. There is a user
> on the Mandrake
> server named "mike", and my user name for Win2k is
> also "mike" (I
> originally tried with Administrator, with user
> mapping, but that was
> giving me problems so I thought I'd try changing
the
> name). Anyhow, I
> am trying to use the home directories feature. I
> did smbpasswd -a mike,
> and entered in my password, restarted samba, then
> tried to connect. I
> can see the "mike" folder in windows, so I think
it
> is detecting my user
> correctly (browsable = no for homes) but when I
try
> to enter the
> directory, it says incorrect password. I type in
my
> password and try to
> log in again (with user "mike") and it still says
> incorrect password.
>
>
>
> I looked in the logs (/var/log/samba/log.mike) but
I
> don't think I even
> see myself getting rejected.
>
>
>
> What can I do to fix this? It isn't just the
> [homes] share, I tried
> another directory shared with valid users = mike,
> and it still didn't
> work. Public shares do work, however.
>
>
>
> A few values I thought might be needed:
>
>
>
> security = share
>
> username map = /etc/smbusers
>
>
>
> [homes]
>
> comment = Home Directories
>
> browseable = no
>
> writable = yes
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
> - mike
>
> mikeyboy@uclink.berkeley.edu
>
>
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