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...samba.org; Harvey, Sean > Cc: 'samba@lists.samba.org' > Subject: Re: [Samba] Unable to access Samba shares from Windows XP > home edition > > You should be able to access Samba. You could choose "map to guest" > and set "guest account" to a valid linux accountt, or to root. But > that is not a very safe way to do it. > > Have a look at: http://www.installkernel.com/samba > > > > //Anders > > > > > Can Win XP home edition access Samba shares? I have a wide-open > smb.conf > > and still cannot access. &gt...

Hi, I have a question about the machine account when one does "net ads join -U admin@REALM.COM when I join a machine to the domain, the machine account that gets created has a non-expiring password. This is only a problem for the security team that monitors our domain, they frown on any accountt that has a non-expiring password.. Is there a switch that I can throw that will create the machine with an expiring password? I've used the "machine password timeout" switch in my smb.conf. I can go back and with an vb-script throw that switch after the fact, but if there was anoth...