[ale] Samba configuration

[Wandered Inn]

"Brubakken, Eric" wrote:
> 
> I am having problems connecting to my server using Samba.  Every time I try
> to connect through Network Neighborhood I get an invalid password error.
> Listed below are some of the things I have done to try to correct this
> problem.  If anyone has some ideas on this I would really appreicate it.
> 
> *       I created the smbpasswd file with:    cat /etc/passwd |
> makesmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
> 
> *       Here is a sample of the file
> 
> oracle:502:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> :Oracle Administrator:/home/oracle:/bin/bash

> 
> *       Dumb question here -Do I need to put my unencrypted password in the
> smbpasswd file?  If so which set of Xs do I replace


Once you create the smbpasswd file, I believe you need to set the
passwords.  use /usr/bin/smbpasswd


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