you have to create a samba user account that matches the user account of
the client machine..:)
Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to setup a simple SAMBA file server, in its most simple configuration
> first, and then fine-tune that gradually. I've never worked with SAMBA before,
> so I based myself on Carla Schroder's "Linux Cookbook", chapter XX: SAMBA.
>
> Here's what I did, following the step-by-step instructions and reading the
> explanations as to what-does-what:
>
> # mkdir -m 777 /shares
>
> Rename /etc/samba/smb.conf to something else (old.sambaconfig) and then edit a
> new smb.conf from scratch, which looks like this:
>
> --8<--------------------
> [global]
> workgroup = workgroup
> netbios name = windbag
> server string = Anonymous local file server
> security = share
> browseable = yes
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.
>
> [share1]
> path = /shares
> comment = Test files
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
> --8<---------------------
>
> I tested this configuration with testparm, and it looked OK.
>
> Next I restarted SAMBA (service smb restart) and checked the status (service smb
> status).
>
> After this I tried (on the same machine) to connect to my file server:
>
> $ smbclient -L windbag
>
> But there I got a "Failed to connect".
>
> Now what?
>
> Niki Kovacs
>
>
>
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