hello list, i am running Samba on FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE. i am able to mount network folders using sharity-light from one of my other freebsd boxes 'piper' on the network with the command: shlight //cessna/videos /usr/home/iain/vidoes when logged in as the user 'iain'. there is a corresponding user on the Samba server 'cessna'. i created a user 'sasha' on 'cessna' with the same permissions as user 'iain', and then created the corresponding user on 'piper' and was able to mount file systems on 'piper' from 'cessna' using sharity-light the same as i had done for the user 'iain'. i then created the user 'sasha' on an XP box on the same network, with the same password as the user account on 'cessna' and logged into windows using that user. the following occurs: 1) when i right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive, and then enter the share '\\10.0.1.30\videos' (10.0.1.30 is the internal IP Address of the machine 'cessna' running the Samba server) i get the login dialog, however the username is Guest, (rather than sasha as i would have expected). 2) when i select to login with a different user name, and enter '10.0.1.30\sasha', and the appropriate password, it comes up with the login dialog but the password that is valid on the machine 'cessna' (as i have tested it with sharity-light from 'piper') does not authenticate and it defaults back to the user 10.0.1.30\Guest 3) when i select to login with the user name 'iain' (which is also a valid account on 'cessna' as tested using sharity-light from 'piper') i get the same results as with the user 'sasha' 4) if i enter just the IP address of 'cessna' (ie. 10.0.1.30) in the network drive location of the login dialog it tells me that the network location isn't valid (meaning i assume that it is actually finding the share) 4) i cannot see the workgroup LIBERTY in the network browsing utility on the XP box here is the output from 'smbclient -L cessna' run on the machine 'cessna': %smbclient -L cessna added interface ip=10.0.1.30 bcast=10.0.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 10.0.1.30 ( 10.0.1.30 ) Password: Domain=[LIBERTY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.8a] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- music Disk Music Folder videos Disk Video Folder docs Disk Document Folder dools Disk Dooley's Network Folder images Disk p-money Disk Mondo's Network Folder ryokun Disk Ryo's Network Folder womble Disk Sasha's network folder IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba Server) iain Disk Home Directories Server Comment --------- ------- CESSNA Samba Server Workgroup Master --------- ------- LIBERTY CESSNA MSHOME BEAST WORKGROUP LAPTOP the MSHOME and WORKGROUP workgroups with masters 'BEAST' and 'LAPTOP' are workgroups on the XP box that i am attempting to log on from. i am not trying to access these shares from any of my freebsd boxes at this stage. below is my smb.conf file contents. # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 10.0.1.3 (10.0.1.3) # Date: 2004/07/24 01:35:05 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = LIBERTY server string = Samba Server security = SHARE log file = /var/log/log.%m max log size = 50 dns proxy = No guest account = samba_guest [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [music] comment = Music Folder path = /caravan/share/music guest account = liberty read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1. [videos] comment = Video Folder path = /caravan/share/video guest account = liberty read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1. [docs] comment = Document Folder path = /caravan/share/doc guest account = liberty read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1. [dools] comment = Dooley's Network Folder path = /caravan/dools guest account read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1.3 hosts deny = 10.0.1. [images] path = /tmp [p-money] comment = Mondo's Network Folder path = /caravan/p-money guest account read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1.7 hosts deny = 10.0.1. [ryokun] comment = Ryo's Network Folder path = /caravan/ryokun guest account read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1.20 hosts deny = 10.0.1. [womble] comment = Sasha's network folder path = /caravan/womble guest account read only = No hosts allow = 10.0.1.10 hosts deny = 10.0.1. can anyone see what is going wrong? cheers iain
dear walter, thanks for your help!> <sorry have to use e-mail because I am not subscribed to that mailing > list>i have cc'd the lists in this reply so that others may see the solution>> hello list, >> >> i am running Samba on FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE. i am able to mount network >> folders using sharity-light from one of my other freebsd boxes 'piper' >> on >> the network with the command: >> > .. >> i then created the user 'sasha' on an XP box on the same network, with >> the >> same password as the user account on 'cessna' and logged into windows >> using that user. the following occurs: >> >> 1) when i right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive, and >> then enter the share '\\10.0.1.30\videos' (10.0.1.30 is the internal IP >> Address of the machine 'cessna' running the Samba server) i get the >> login >> dialog, however the username is Guest, (rather than sasha as i would >> have >> expected). >> >> 2) when i select to login with a different user name, and enter >> '10.0.1.30\sasha', and the appropriate password, it comes up with the >> login dialog but the password that is valid on the machine 'cessna' (as >> i >> have tested it with sharity-light from 'piper') does not authenticate >> and >> it defaults back to the user 10.0.1.30\Guest >> > Well, you will also have to > - set "security = user" (instead of SHARE) in your smb.conf to make user > authentication work that way > - issue a "smbpasswd -a sasha" and supply the password (twice to the > dialog). > ....great, i did that but there was still an error. after a little searching i found that i also have to add the line: encrypt passwords = yes to the globals section of my smb.conf file. then it all worked fine! Cheers, Iain +61 (0) 428 151 280 http://www.iaindooley.com