I'm very new to linux, I'm using Linux 8.0, seemed very easy to configure at first, but I'm having trouble configuring how to connect to my computer using linux from my computer using windows98. I see the Mygroup Icon in NetworkNeighborhood and also my user name, but when I click on it, it says to provide a password. I use my user password from linux but no avail. Somewhere I read where you can configure the smb.conf file, but I'm not sure what editor to use or what kind of chmod command to put on it or anything. I read the help file and it refers me to something called swat, but there isn't any reference to it. Can anyone help? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf
Yes Eddy After configuring the smb.conf file to share the appropriate directories you need to do 2 more things 1) make sure the UNIX file permissions are set on the appropriate directories and it's contents chown -R user:group /some/directory/path chmod -R 700 /some/directory/path 2) create/edit the smbpasswd file and add users as needed smbpassswd -a user Best of luck Mike -----Original Message----- From: Eddie Doyle [mailto:eddiedoyle555@msn.com] Sent: Saturday, 28 December 2002 17:10 To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] samb.conf I'm very new to linux, I'm using Linux 8.0, seemed very easy to configure at first, but I'm having trouble configuring how to connect to my computer using linux from my computer using windows98. I see the Mygroup Icon in NetworkNeighborhood and also my user name, but when I click on it, it says to provide a password. I use my user password from linux but no avail. Somewhere I read where you can configure the smb.conf file, but I'm not sure what editor to use or what kind of chmod command to put on it or anything. I read the help file and it refers me to something called swat, but there isn't any reference to it. Can anyone help? Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=747 4&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespa m_3mf -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Since you are a beginner, and coming from windows98 you don't care about security yet, I would do two things to make your life easier for now. In the global section, put: guest account = root This would be good for a share definition: [AllFiles] comment = All Files path = / read only = no guest ok = yes This will give any windows user complete access to your linux box. Some people would say this is bad. Once you get this setup working, you can put in restrictions on access. But, then you can learn all about passwords, permissions, firewalls, and all that annoying stuff which will provide hours of fun in the years to come. Joel On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:10:27PM -0700, Eddie Doyle wrote:> > I'm very new to linux, I'm using Linux 8.0, seemed very easy to configure at > first, but I'm having trouble configuring how to connect to my computer > using linux from my computer using windows98. I see the Mygroup Icon in > NetworkNeighborhood and also my user name, but when I click on it, it says > to provide a password. I use my user password from linux but no avail. > Somewhere I read where you can configure the smb.conf file, but I'm not sure > what editor to use or what kind of chmod command to put on it or anything. > I read the help file and it refers me to something called swat, but there > isn't any reference to it. > Can anyone help? Thanks. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= > http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
On 12/27/02, at 09:10 PM, "Eddie Doyle" <eddiedoyle555@msn.com> said:>I use my user password from linux but no avail.I'm new to this too, but I discovered that my default Redhat installation had firewall settings that allow almost nothing in or out. I'm not sure about RH8, since I don't have it, but IIRC it uses iptables as the firewall. (Previous versions used ipchains.) To test if this is the cause, as root do: service iptables stop Then try to login from the W98 box. If it works, you need to configure your firewall. --And don't forget to start it up again. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Carl Brown cbsled@ncia.net ------------------------------------------------------ -----