That might be it, I thought that password encryption was on but I will check again. I do the same with my machines, as you say it is easier to keep track. Thanks Bob On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:33, Dan Devine wrote: > Bob Parry wrote: > > >I have searched my documentation to fin out how to connect win 2000 to > >my samba server. > > > >With help of people on this board and the internet I have now gotten the > >win machines to see the samba shares. I have set up a machine account > >for the Win 2000 machine without a password as specified, set user > >accounts to the same on both Linux and Windows. However when I try and > >connect to the shares from Windows it asks for a Password and then says > >the password is incorrect. > > > >I have check all my passwords and none of them work. I am certain that > >this is a small thing but I can not find it. > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks > > > >Bob Parry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like it's the "encrypted password" problem. I've gotten these > two (Win2000/Samba server) to work together and I'm still having trouble > with NFS between my linux boxen....have you seen a HOWTO on that? > > I seem to remember that you must enable encrypted passwords within Samba > for the client machines...this is in "smb.conf" if I remember right...I > had that off at first and I was getting messages like you report...and > unable to connect. > > I might be bypassing the problem, but on all my home machines, I'm the > same person/password on all machines regardless of OS. Local accounts > created by default on each....this could be bad-form/security issue, but > it keeps it easy to remember who I am...and I certainly need that around > here... > > DD > > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
