From mikeg@u.washington.edu Wed Nov 28 11:11:41 2001 Received: from bp06.u.washington.edu (bp06.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.44]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fASJBdn65542 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:11:40 -0800 Received: from dante52.u.washington.edu (dante52.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.102]) by bp06.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fASJBdI31618 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:11:39 -0800 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:11:39 -0800 (PST) From: Michal Guerquin To: UW Linux Group Subject: Re: win2k and RHL samba setup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Just a guess, but maybe telling the Win2K box that it's on a "workgroup", and not a "domain" will fix things? I think it distinguishes between those two categories in its network setup. ~ Michal -- On 2001-11-28 at 11:02, William Kreuter wrote: >A user of my Samba-mounted files on my network just switched to win2k. >Now when he connects to my share, a box pops up demanding a value for >"connect as" in the form of domain-backslash-user. This is where the >password used to be asked for under win95. The win2k box also wants a >password as well. > >I thought that the "workgroup" declared in smb.conf would be accepted >as the "domain", but it isn't. That is, workgroup\user doesn't work. >User@workgroup and user@fqdn also don't work. Maybe the "domain" >isn't supposed to be the same as the "workgroup"? What would the >"domain" be, then? > >Do I need to change something in smb.conf? I've tried uncommenting >the following two lines: > > domain controller = > domain logons = yes > >This causes "process_logon_packet ... code = 12" to appear in >/var/log/samba/log.nmb. However, the win2k client is still being >refused access to a user tree declared in smb.conf. > >/var/log/secure shows that the win2k client is being granted access >every time. However, other than the "code = 12", there is no clear >indication in any file in /var/log/samba that there is any login >attempt from the client. (All win9x clients can connect without >difficulty and they show up in /var/log/samba.) > >The win2k machine connects without difficulty to the Linux box's >CD-ROM, which is mounted as an smb share available without password to >"pcguest". I just can't get it to connect to the home tree of a user >account, which is declared as a directory in smb.conf. > >Is there something to enter in this box that will magically get win2k >to connect? Has anybody gotten a win2k connection to an RHL box? > >William Kreuter, Senior Computer Specialist, University of Washington >Ctr. for Cost & Outcomes Research, 146 N. Canal St. #300, Seattle, WA 98103 >billyk@u.washington.edu http://staff.washington.edu/billyk/ >voice or voice mail: 206-543-5007 fax: 206-543-5318 mailstop: 358853 > > .