Cannot access Samba server from Windows
 

Hello, this is Digiplaya. I have a big problem. When I go into Windows XP and try to access my Samba servers (DHCPPC5 and DHCPPC8) it asks for a username and password right?

Well, I try to use this username/password combo, which I think is right, this is what I use to access DHCPPC5:

Username: digiplaya
Password: ******

But to no avail. Windows XP puts this in front of the username: //DRAGON5

So what should I do, and why doesn't it work?

Digiplaya

Did you create samba accounts as well as unix accounts?

How do you create Samba and Unix accounts?

Digiplaya

unix accounts are usually created with "useradd" and samba accounts with "smbadduser"

It doesn't work in the terminal mode (CTRL-ALT-F1). Where do I have to type that in?

Digiplaya

Make sure you are really logged in as root. or use the full path - try:
whereis useradd
whereis smbadduser

Actually, I'm using FTP now, but I have another question.

I can upload files to the FTP server on the server computer, however, I can only upload to home/mdanderson.

I cannot upload to other drives on the server from my Windows XP computer. Do I have to change a FTP server permissions setting, and how do I do that?

Digiplaya.

Hello everyone, thanks for looking at my post, but I already solved the problem.

My FTP server works fine!

Digiplaya