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Hi, I want to setup Samba as a new PDC. I followed the instructions on IBM's site (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tutorials/samba/index.html) The problem I currently have is that Windows 9X boxes can't connect to the Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo box. However, I can make connections on localhost to localhost using smbclient //localhost/share -U username I've tried a couple of different

...pts for a password:- mercury# smbclient -L mercury added interface ip=203.220.30.98 bcast=203.220.30.103 nmask=255.255.255.248 added interface ip=192.168.10.122 bcast=192.168.10.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Password: When I press ENTER, it then displays the shares:- Anonymous login successful Domain=[WENCK] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.2.2] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- public Disk dump all monitor files here IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba 2.2.2) ADMIN$ Disk IPC Service (Samba 2.2.2) etc...

I wish your help files were more descriptive. I can't get the NT box to connect to the samba share ... due to some permission bullshit. You needs a knowledge base ... i cant find the error im getting, anywhere on their site ... Searching via a search engine -- says that:- when you're upgrading to SP3 on NT, samba will stop working unless you put the regkey EnablePlainTextPassword ...