I think I found the problem. the file in /usr/lib/samba/private called smbpasswd did not exist so I created it with the smbpasswd command. If you login as root, and do smbpasswd -a username there username is the user account you want to add samba access to, it will then come up prompting you for a password. if you already have a password, just type it in and it will create the smbpasswd file in /usr/lib/samba/private. I hope this solution helps alot of others that need it. I've just had my partner try to access my drive as I type this email and it worked. so there's no need for me to edit the windows registery either. Shaun.. "Has anyone ever tasted an "END"? Are they really bitter?" EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO ID: blindman01_2000 IRC NICK/SERVER: |3|1ndm4n on #aussiefriends on www.jong.com:6667 On Thu, 24 May 2001, Stephen Dawes wrote: > Shaun, > > I don't know if anyone has suggested this to you or not, as I haven't been > following this thread all that closely. > > There is a Web interface for configuration SAMBA. I don't know if it will > be useful for you or not, not knowing what you use for a browser, and > secondly, not know how visually intensive the application is. > > The SAMBA Web configuration tool is called swat. > > Just thought you may want to know, and maybe it will help you solve the few > final issues that it sounds like are lingering around. > > > > Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. > Web Business Office, The City of Calgary > PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 > E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Shaun Oliver > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:06 AM > > To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca' > > Subject: RE: samba problem. > > > > > > Steve and everyone else, thanks for your help with my samba problem. > > I've sorted it out to a point where I can at least brows the drives on the > > other machine. > > > > > > Shaun.. > > "Has anyone ever tasted an "END"? Are they really bitter?" > > EMAIL: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435 > > YAHOO ID: blindman01_2000 IRC NICK/SERVER: |3|1ndm4n on #aussiefriends on > > www.jong.com:6667 > > > > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Holmes, Steve wrote: > > > > > a shorter version of this is to use the smbmount command like this: > > > smbmount //host/sharename /mountpoint > > > This only works with recent kernels with smbfs and recent > > version of samba. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Geoff Shang [mailto:gshang at uq.net.au] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 1:23 PM > > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > Subject: Re: samba problem. > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > I realise you're going about doing a much more complicated > > samba setup than > > > I use, but it might be worth telling what I did. > > > > > > I only really want to read windows shares from linux, as I have no real > > > need to go the other way. I just set the shares up in windows, > > then used > > > the mount command as per normal to mount it. Mount calls > > smbmount in order > > > to achieve this. The syntax for mounting smb shares is: > > > > > > mount -t smbfs //host/sharename /mountpoint > > > > > > The mount procedure will prompt you for the password. > > > > > > So for example, I mount my primary windows drive as follows: > > > > > > mount -t smbfs //picard/c /windows/c > > > > > > Where picard is the name of the windows box, c is the sharename on the > > > windows box, and /windows/c is the mount point (this last one > > could just as > > > easily be /mnt or whatever). > > > > > > Geoff. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
