Connecting to a Windows share

[Jim DeCaro]

I tried that, but I do not know the format.  I tried typing like a host
file, i.e.:

jim  <password>

Is there syntax involved in this?  I used the GUI to open the file, type it
in, then saved the file.  Still no luck.

On 10/9/06, Lee Marzke <lee at marzke.net> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Did you set the username/password for the user Jim using  smbpasswd ?
> Samba does NOT use the password/shadow file for password !
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> Jim DeCaro wrote:
> > Here are the files.  I have a user named Jim on an XP box and on a Suse
> > Linux 10.1 install.  Both have the same password.  I have enabled write
> > permissions on the share for jim on the linux box.  I cannot get the
> > connection from thw Windows box to the linux box to authenticate.  It
> > tells
> > me I do not have permission to connect to the shares, however I can see
> > them.  I will get a logon dialogue box that does not work.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.  Interestingly, samba works fine for
> > connections between the linux boxes, and it works most of the time from
> > linux to windows.  But not from windows to linux.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/21/06, Jim DeCaro <jdecaro2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Will do.  Thank you.
> >>
> >> On 9/20/06, Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Jim DeCaro wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Whatever the default is.  I am a newbee to linux.  I didn't realize
> >> > samba
> >> > > had configurable dbs.  I am mostly using the GUI (xWindows) to
> >> > configure the
> >> > > network connections.  Once I master the GUI's, then I was going to
> >> > move up
> >> > > to the terminal.
> >> >
> >> > OK in that case you are most likely using a smbpasswd file, or at
> >> least
> >> > that
> >> > is what you should be using. You have to create it and add your
> >> users to
> >> > it.
> >> >
> >> > If you have a linux user named jdecaro then you can add a samba
> >> user by
> >> > running
> >> > smbpasswd -a jdecaro. If you did not do that step then samba will not
> >> > work.
> >> >
> >> > If it still does not work, show your smb.conf and tell us again
> >> exactly
> >> > what the
> >> > problem is. I think I remember but...
> >> >
> >> > Also http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ and/or
> >> > http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ might be
> >> > useful
> >> > to you.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Tom Diehl               tdiehl at rogueind.com             Spamtrap
> >> address
> >> > mtd123 at rogueind.com
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim DeCaro, MCSE Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0
> >>
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Jim DeCaro, MCSE Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0