Mikkel L. Ellertson: >> When using Samba, the UID and password on the client box are >> independent of the settings on the server. For that matter, if >> you are using encrypted passwords, the password for the user on >> the server may be different then the Samba password on the >> server. Also, if you do not have an entry for a user in smbpasswd, >> then the home directory for that user will not show up. Anne Wilson: > Yes, I have an account in smbpasswd, and I can browse all the other shares. I > can browse my own home directory if I go in via another share. It's just > that my home directory does not show up in any browser. If you're talking about doing this with Windows and Linux, I would think that you'd need to be using the same username and password on the box that you're logged into, and the box running the samba server, for your home space to turn up in the browse list. When Windows browses what's available it supplies username and password for the current logon to the remote end. The remote end (Samba) returns what it thinks is suitable. This also seems to be a simple way of snaffling up user credentials, just by putting a box on the same LAN and waiting for others to connect to you. Though I think it'd only be effective if you were using unencrypted passwords. Yes, you can use different usernames and passwords, as far as I'm aware (I don't do this, so I haven't tested it), but I wouldn't expect browsing to work, only explicit connections/mounts (where you request something directly, and enter in username and password credentials). -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
