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Old 01-19-2004, 11:24 AM   #1
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samba login


whenevr i try to login to my server via samba it prompts me for a username and password which nothing i put in works, but i dont want it to even sk me one anyone know how to fix this? the server im logging into is redhat 9 while the workstation is win XP
 
Old 01-19-2004, 11:29 AM   #2
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you have a samba password database setup? You have a smbpasswd file somewhere (or you should anyway) like /etc/samba/private. You run the smbpasswd command to change the password for a user.
 
Old 01-19-2004, 12:45 PM   #3
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but what if i dont want to have a samba password?
 
Old 01-19-2004, 12:46 PM   #4
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also when i try to login from a linux machine to a windows machine it prompts for a password when i have no password setup for the windows machine
 
  


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