On Fri Jan 12 2001 at 14:40, Michael Earley wrote: > Problem: Got new IBM notebook for Deputy Director, came with Win2K > preloaded. I want to try to get this running without doing a full Win98 > install. Difficulty is connecting to our network (all RH6.2 servers). > Yes, he should use Linux on the notebook and be done with it, but > Windows is what he wants to use. :-( > > What do I need to tweak on the Win2K machine to authenticate correctly > on the network allowing browsing on the servers, through workgroups > properly, etc? Configure that dozer box so that the workgroup is the same at the one used on your LAN. Assuming the rest of your network has samba/netbios/lanman working right (domain controllers, password servers, and so on), it just work. With w2k, make sure you are using the latest versions of samba. > I've already set the EnablePlainTextPasswords setting in registry. It Wrong. Do NOT use plain text, anywhere. Encrypted. > wants to default the workgroup setting to "Workgroup" instead of what it > should be (same as domain). It's making a connection successfully to That's the biggest problem. Set it to the one you are using, otherwise it will never be able to talk to anyway. > the DHCP server and getting an IP address, I can ping any of the > servers, but when browsing in Explorer I get "... you are not authorized > to log in from this workstation ..." Well, make sure you have an account on the password server (nt, enterprise, or samba server). > If anyone has found a workaround for this, or can simply give me a URL > to follow up, it would be good! The DD wants this up and running and > accessing the network within the next 2.5 hours. Heh, then let HIM do it himself! :-) Cheers Tony -=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=- Tony Nugent <Tony@growzone.com.au> Systems Administrator, RHCE GrowZone OnLine - regional internet services for Southern Qld POBox 475 Toowoomba Oueensland Australia 4350 Ph: 07 4637 8322 -=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
