Samba Windows Login Question

jerm1701 · 02-15-2006, 03:07 PM

Hello All,

Linux box in one room, Windows in the other. Everytime I log out of the Windows box and log back in, I have to re-enter my username and password to access the Samba shares on the Linux box. I'd like to map the shares and have them automagically appear as drives on a user per user basis. ie, L: would appear to everyone on the Windows box as their /home/user drive. I have it setup to map them, and they appear in My Computer, but to actually gain access to file, I have to enter my username and password. Is there any way around this?

Jeremy

uteck · 02-16-2006, 08:21 AM

This might help, or it may not.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...306541&sd=tech

jerm1701 · 02-16-2006, 09:00 AM

uteck,
I followed those directions, but when I get to Manage my network passwords, there is no 'add' button to add an new entry. How odd. Maybe it's becuase I'm using XP Home? Is there a way around that?

Could it somehow be Samba?

Jeremy

Dmjmusser · 02-16-2006, 12:15 PM

If you use username mapping in Samba, it should resolve your problem. You would map the Unix/Samba username to the Windows username, and if all the passwords match, you'll actually never have to log in to your Samba share period as long as you log in under your username. This makes password communication between the Windows machine and Samba transparent.

~Myles

Dmjmusser · 02-16-2006, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmjmusser

...you'll actually never have to log in to your Samba share period as long as you log in under your username.

I should rephrase that. The login still takes place, but it's transparent with username mapping, as I slightly clarified in the last bit of my post. You yourself never have to enter in the username and password.

~Myles