I don't like the idea of any computer running without password protection anywhere, even small offices. The main reason is that people get spoiled and think it's always that way and make unresonable requests based on that later on. My suggestion is to setup a Linux box as a PDC server with users authenticating to it. That way you can easily setup permissions for file access, print services, make backups, etc. My suggestion is to either check Samba website for documentation or buy a book from O'Reilly. It's worth it. I use smbtar on Linux to backup windows machine with password and PDC (W2000 server). Also, all users print over Linux print server. Check /var/log/samba/ for error and other logs. You need to experiment with other parameters to smbclient command. -U for user is an important one. I can't tell what will work for you without knowing your setup in details. Also, W98 is a real pain. W2000 is a bit better to integrate into network. On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 10:23:54AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > Hello, > Thanks to everone who replied to my question about installing Samba last > week. I have now managed to install it from the Redhat 7.1 CD's, and will > install 7.2 or update from their Web site when this is working. > The rest of the machines in our office are running Windows 98 SE. No > password is requiredd for one machine to access another. > Smbclient works on one of them, called "beans." If I type > smbclient -L beans > There is a brief wait, then it asks for a passwork. I press enter as the > man page instructs, and get a list of things on beans, including the hard > drive and printer. The command then terminates. > I have tried a number of different ways to get the prompt that would allow > smbclient to operate like ftp, but it always gives either a list or an > error message and then terminates. > Another machine on our network is called "welcome." smbclient always says > that the connection failed. > Thanks for any suggestions. > John > > > -- > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rafael *** Microsoft is to free computer use *** *** as Teleban is to the freedom of women. ***