Connecting to a Windows share

[Lee Marzke]

Jim,

Samba2 stores user encrypted passwords in a file called smbpasswd.   
That file is
written with the smbpasswd program, see the info below.

Samba 3 uses a database backend instead of the smbpasswd file, and uses 
smbpasswd,
net, and pdbedit commands.
See:  http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/passdb.html

To add a new samba user in version 2, you do something like
smbpasswd -a newuser /etc/samba/smbpasswd


# smbpasswd -help
When run by root:
    smbpasswd [options] [username]
otherwise:
    smbpasswd [options]

options:
  -L                   local mode (must be first option)
  -h                   print this usage message
  -s                   use stdin for password prompt
  -c smb.conf file     Use the given path to the smb.conf file
  -D LEVEL             debug level
  -r MACHINE           remote machine
  -U USER              remote username
extra options when run by root or in local mode:
  -a                   add user
  -d                   disable user
  -e                   enable user
  -i                   interdomain trust account
  -m                   machine trust account
  -n                   set no password
  -w PASSWORD          ldap admin password
  -x                   delete user
  -R ORDER             name resolve order


Lee Marzke


Jim DeCaro wrote:
> 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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