Samba login problem

David9789 · 10-26-2008, 09:46 AM

Iam using Ubuntu 7.10. I would like to share a usb drive connected to my main desktop with other linux boxes on a wired network. I shared it in "system" and can see the drive on other machines, but when i try to connect, it asks for a username and password. Where do I set this? in smb.conf? Please detail how. I have been using linux for a number of years and can use nano etc. so I'm not a total newbie.

Thanks,

David

Yaniv-Fer · 10-27-2008, 03:51 AM

Hello David9789,

you can use:

Code:

smbpasswd

to add a new user "joe"

Code:

smbpasswd -a joe

i am not sure... but maybe you also need a local user...
if this not work... add first a new user joe... to the system and than
do this steps...

to set a new password for "joe"

Code:

smbpasswd joe

good luck.

Yaniv Ferszt