[ale] Samba Configuration

[Nick Lucent]

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Brubakken, Eric wrote:

> Well here I go again.  Still setting up my home LAN.  I am using the Samba
> version that comes with RH 5.2.  I have been using the reference 'Samba
> Integrating UNIX and Window' by John D. Blair.  But I am still confronted
> with the following problem.  When using Win98 Network Neighborhood and try
> to open up my Linux server I get the following message box.
> Â 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> Enter Network Password
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> You must supply a password to make this connection:
> Â 
> Resource:Â Â Â  \\DBSERVER\IPC$ <file://\\\\DBSERVER\\IPC$> 
> Â 
> Password:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------

have you setup your smbpasswd file?
smbpasswd /etc/passwd >/etc/smbpasswd I think 

> Â 
> Needless to say, whatever password I enter, nothing works.
> Â 
> What puzzles me is the '\IPC$' I do not have any reference to that in my
> smb.conf file.
> Â 
> Here is the [global] section from my smb.conf file.  This is basically the
> standard file that was generated when I installed RH 5.2
> Â 
> Â Â Â  [global]
> 
> Â Â Â  mangled names = no
> 
> Â Â Â  workgroup = TAN
> 
> Â Â Â  server string = dbserver
> 
> Â Â Â  printcap name = /etc/printcap
> 
> Â Â Â  load printers = yes
> 
> Â Â Â  log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> 
> Â Â Â  max log size = 50
> 
> Â Â Â  security = user
> 
> Â Â Â  encrypt passwords = no

you may need to change this to yes depending on the version of the windows
client.

> 
> Â Â Â  socket options = TCP_NODELAY 
> 
> Â Â Â  dns proxy = no 
> 
> When I run testparm against smb.conf I get the following results.  I have
> cut just the reference to 'IPC$' from the output.
> 
> Â Â Â  [IPC$]
> 
> Â Â Â  comment = IPC Service (dbserver)
> 
> Â Â Â  path = /tmp
> 
> Â Â Â  status = No
> 
> Â Â Â  guest ok = Yes
> 
> So where is the 'IPC$' coming from?  Any and all help on this would be
> greatly appreciated.  I have also attached both files smb.conf and
> testparm.out to this message if anyone is interested in seeing the complete
> files.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Eric Brubakken
> 
> Just another newbie trying to learn Linux
> 
> 


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Nick

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