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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've got several machines 98SE machies, but not all, that reboot after you enter your username and password on the login screen and hit enter. No noticable pause. The account used doesn't matter, and only 2 do it consistently. The rest do it only sometimes or for most of the workstations, work just fine. I'm using a Samba 3.0.6 as a NT

I'm trying to use rsync (version 2.6.9) to back up some files. However, a few of them contain Hebrew characters. While I can back them up, the filenames come through scrambled (I don't have Hebrew characters anymore). I've tried the -8 switch, but that didn't work. Any suggestions? Background: The files are created on Windows and saved on a samba share (v3.0.24). I can copy

I've got a client - a cheap client - and they want to add a new file server (samba sharing) to their network. They have one samba server already acting as the domain controller (PDC) and file server (and DHCP server). The wiring is a nightmare, and everything is daisy chained through 3 different non- programmable switches. They have no more open ports on any of the switches. Further, the

I've having trouble getting XP SP2's to join a domain. Whenever I try to join, at the point I'm asked for a user name and password with permission to join the domain, I enter root and root's password, then get the dreaded "Unknown user or bad password" error message. The clients are a mixed bunch with some 98's, 1 Win2K, a few XP SP1 (I know, I know!, but

I've got a public share that any user is supposed to be able to access. But no matter who I try to connect as, I get the dreaded: "NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER". Important info: Samba version: 3.0.28a, OS: Kubuntu 8.04 Looking at the logs, I think the problem is here: auth/auth_util.c:create_token_from_username(1116) sid_to_uid for pcguest