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I have read the how to and many other helps on configuring samba one thing they say is that I have to have the same log on name. On both the windows and linux, is there a way I can have the log on names deferent. There 4 computers in my house and each of them have different log on names (I think on windows it is the name of the owner). Or do I have to have all 4 computers with the same log on name.
both, the name of the owner of the computer and the name of the computer are different on all of them.
(log on name is the name of the owner on windows)
In windows 2000 all I need to do is set up a user privilege so that windows 98 can log to 2000 XP can log on by it self to 2000 and 98 no need for user privilege.
But what I have seen in the books It seems that I have to log on 3 deferent names to access the other three computers like this.
Lets say that owners name for one comp is “name one”
The other is “name two”
And the last is “name three”
what it seem to me is that the books on samba state that I have to log on each of those three names 3 deferent times to access each computer
Note some of the names have titles like Dr. “first name” then “second name” with spaces and the period.
there is a difference between the name you use in Samba and the one in Linux. You can add users in Samba without adding them in Linux, so the other way around is also possible.
All you have to do is let Samba know all of your id's and tell Samba in smb.conf wich priveleges every id has. You cal let all the ideas point to the same directorys etc. Check the manual in Samba on how to add users, give them passwords and how to issue priveleges and maps in smb.conf.
here is a quote frome a web page taking about geting win 2000 to access linux files
"Samba, however, will not accept any users until the smbpasswd file has been initialized."
I have edited the samba.conf file to allow the user like so
[myhome]
comment = Dr. xxx xxxxxx
path = /home/myhome
public = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765
first does this give Dr. xxx xxxxxx access and second how do I get smbpasswd initialized
"Samba, however, will not accept any users until the smbpasswd file has been initialized."
There is an exception. Guest are not required to enter a password if they are accessing the LINUX computer from Windows.
Since Win95 SE and higher has encrypted passwords. You need to specify encrypted passwords in the global section in smb.conf file. Samba defaults to non-ecrypted passwords. Samba comes with reg files so you can use non-encrypted passwords on the Windows computers instead.
If you want to test your shared directory structure, you can change security = user to security = share. You may want to add guest ok = yes and guest only = yes in sections that you want guest to access.
Don't forget to add ' large readwrite = yes ' in the global section just in case any of your users are reading or writing huge files.
ok good so far after implementing what you just stated I was able to get into the (localhost) that is my linux computer name that appears on My Network Places on windows 2000 anyway after I got in there was three folders (homes), (public), and (xxxx)<----the name of my logon folder under homes like so home/xxxxx. When I try to access these folders it ask for a user name and password how do I get through this [note I am using windows 2000 and 98]
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