[PLUG] SAMBA: HELP!

[Mike De La Mater]

Don't forget the clear passwords issues with Win95, they're off (encrypted)
by default in Samba. Win95, as I understand it, is incapable of encrypted
passwords.

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Mike De La Mater


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Ken Nowack
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] SAMBA: HELP!
>
>
> In order to help we're gonna need some more details.
> But, without any details whatsoever as to what the
> issue is that you are having with your win95 box, I'll
> hazard a guess. You most likely have a permissions
> issue. The vast majority of first run samba issues are
> related to users/passwords/authentication. win95 uses
> plain text passwords by default so there's one place
> to check. the user/pass combination your win95 client
> will offer to samba for authentication is the same
> that you used to 'log in' to win95 in the first place.
> Make sure that account has a matching valid system
> account on the samba server and also has a matching
> entry in the smbpasswd file. The next thing to make
> sure is that you have a valid guest account. My box
> uses 'ftp' for guest access. If you don't have a valid
> guest account you may not be able to see any of the
> shares or files on the server - even if you have a
> valid user account. If none of that helps, send us
> more details on what the problem is or maybe even just
> the error message as listed in your logs.
>
> Ken Nowack
>
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