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[Bobby Wrenn]

Unless you are the only one on the network, using the guest account is a bad 
idea. You probably just need to created the samba users on the Linux box. 
Samba users are not the same as Linux users.

As root execute [smbpasswd -a <username>]

If <username> = a valid Linux username on your samba server, you should be 
able to browse the users home directory.

HTH
Bobby
On Thursday 25 July 2002 04:40 am, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:22:47PM -0500, Wayne Dahl wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Now, I have made sure the inetd.conf file has netbios set up for port 139
> > for tcp and port 137 for udp.  I have also set up the workgroup in the
> > smb.conf file and set up the allowed hosts from the dhcp list on my
> > router.  What am I doing wrong?  I know I have to be missing something,
> > but it eludes me.
>
> I was having this issue at home... here is my config now and it works. 
> What seems to have done the trick was the adding of a guest account with a
> blank password.
>
> With the below config I can browse to the BTVS workgroup and then into the
> WILLOW server and see the RAID share.  Note that I cannot access the RAID
> share because the guest account doesn't have rights there (guest ok = no is
> default).
>
> Note that if I remove the "guest account = guest" option then I cannot
> browse to the server or even the workgroup.
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)
> # Date: 2002/07/25 04:24:50
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> 	workgroup = BTVS
> 	netbios name = WILLOW
> 	server string = Willow
> 	encrypt passwords = Yes
> 	map to guest = Bad User
> 	username map = /data/SMB/etc/smb.map
> 	lanman auth = No
> 	log level = 2
> 	log file = /data/SMB/var/log.%m
> 	os level = 255
> 	preferred master = True
> 	domain master = True
> 	guest account = guest
>
> [RAID]
> 	comment = The storage area
> 	path = /data/SMB/storage
> 	read only = No
>
> ************************************************************
> *  DISCLAIMER: A guest account with a blank password could *
> *  be troublesome to the worrying type.  Setting the       *
> *  shell to /sbin/nologin (or OS equiv) would probably be  *
> *  good                                                    *
> ************************************************************
>
> > Also, I'd like to have the Samba server start on startup.  What would I
> > add to make it do so?  Would that be an entry in the initrd.conf file?
>
> you would  put the samba startup file (samba.sh.sample) in /etc/init.d and
> then link it into the right run levels (/sbin/setup is the easy way if
> running RH).
>
> Michael
>
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