I've got a working samba setup on a debian linux server. Existing windows boxes are win98 with unencripted passwords. They only need to see the exported directories on the samba server. All the networking is working. (dns, dhcp, ping, internet access, etc ) Anything I do on my new XP Pro box or in samba.conf gives the error message:- The folder you entered does not appear to be valid.please choose another. When I try to set up a "network place" \\server\home\steve The win98 & XP boxes are sharing & the win98 boxes are picking up the samba shares. The XP installation is pretty much default & nothing clever done with it except running the win98_plainpassword.reg which seems OK as this is what opened the win 98 shares. Any gotchas I am missing? Steve
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 17:26, steve downes wrote:> I've got a working samba setup on a debian linux server. Existing > windows boxes are win98 with unencripted passwords. They only need to > see the exported directories on the samba server. All the networking > is working. (dns, dhcp, ping, internet access, etc ) > > Anything I do on my new XP Pro box or in samba.conf gives the error > message:- > > The folder you entered does not appear to be valid.please choose > another. > > When I try to set up a "network place" \\server\home\steve > > The win98 & XP boxes are sharing & the win98 boxes are picking up the > samba shares. > > The XP installation is pretty much default & nothing clever done with > it except running the win98_plainpassword.reg which seems OK as this > is what opened the win 98 shares. > > Any gotchas I am missing?You are not causing the XP and W2K machine to use plain text passwords. It is a completely different Registry Key. Good Luck, it isn't to hard to find. First couple of links should get you going: http://www.google.com/search?q=EnablePlainTextPassword+Windows+XP -- greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/20040302/e6b67c82/attachment.bin
on Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:48:28PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:> On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 17:26, steve downes wrote: > > I've got a working samba setup on a debian linux server. Existing > > windows boxes are win98 with unencripted passwords. They only need to > > see the exported directories on the samba server. All the networking > > is working. (dns, dhcp, ping, internet access, etc ) > > > > Anything I do on my new XP Pro box or in samba.conf gives the error > > message:- > > > > The folder you entered does not appear to be valid.please choose > > another. > > > > When I try to set up a "network place" \\server\home\steve > > > > The win98 & XP boxes are sharing & the win98 boxes are picking up the > > samba shares. > > > > The XP installation is pretty much default & nothing clever done with > > it except running the win98_plainpassword.reg which seems OK as this > > is what opened the win 98 shares. > > > > Any gotchas I am missing? > > You are not causing the XP and W2K machine to use plain text passwords. > It is a completely different Registry Key. > > Good Luck, it isn't to hard to find. > > First couple of links should get you going: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=EnablePlainTextPassword+Windows+XP > > > -- > greg@gregfolkert.net > REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curryMany thanks Greg, Yes the win98 de-encript password script hadn't worked, I was rather thrown by the fact that it was immediateley after that that I started seeing my win98 shares. Now sorted the unencripted password & curiously it is now seeing the linux server but rejecting the username/password. Any other ideas (anybody) Steve