On Friday 30 April 2004 07:11, Chadley Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 14:05, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Am Fr, den 30.04.2004 schrieb Chadley Wilson um 13:50: > > > Hi > > > All of a sudden this tool starts is troubles. > > > This is what happens. On the file server open the tool and select > > > preferences and then security. > > > > What is that tool you are using? > > The default samba server tool for FC1. > > Thanks for the help > > > > If you set the option to "user" click OK then add a user and click OK. > > > > Hopefully that "clicking" creates the Samba user _and_ activates him. > > And hopefully you know that the Samba user must exist as a system user > > too. > > > > > Now you go to the workstation and browse the network. No server to be > > > found? OK so I type in smb:///chadlin and press enter. It comes up but > > > keep asking for the username and password over and over again. > > > Then I finally get to see all the files and guess what it seems to be > > > working. > > > I then try to copy and paste file from the server to the home dir on > > > the wkstation but it asks for the username twice and the does nothing. > > > I tried to reboot the server (foolish I know) but still the prob > > > persists. Is there something that is forcing the share made on samba. I > > > have looked through the smb.conf file but cant find where to set the > > > security. > > > > If it is not there the "tool" did delete the original smb.conf. > > > > # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See > > # security_level.txt for details. > > security = user > > > > > can anyone help me please > > > > Please read the Samba documentation. It contains a lot of needed and > > helpful information. > > > > > Chadley - Linux Rocks > > > > Alexander > > -- > Chadley - Linux Rocks > Welcome to my world. > ****************************************************************** > This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend > it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it > or its content due to ignorance. > Enjoy the adventures of Linux > ******************************************************************* http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20040406050839456 Byte
