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In article <4b4fv7$4cu@newsflash.concordia.ca>, li_budm@alcor.concordia.ca ( LORNE I BUDMAN ) says:
>
>(Please excuse this post if it is repeated. I called my Internet provider and
>they were unable to tell me the domain of the post. The said it was limitted
>to local users only. I want others to see it also)
>
>Hi. I am attempting to install Samba on a Linux box. It compiled OK, and it
>seems that testparm worked OK. (However I don't understand the results).
>
>1. When I try step 7 from the installation procedure, listing the shares on
>the server,  I type  the following
>
>                        smbclient -L hostname (where hostname = MARK)
>
>and I get:
>
>                        Server time....
>                        Timezone .....
>                        Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 1.9.15p6]
>                        SMBtconX failed. ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password -
>                                name/password pair in Tree
>                        Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
>                        Perhaps you are using the wrong sharename, username or
>                        password?
>                        ......
>
>My smb.conf file looks like:
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>                [homes]
>                        workgroup = MYGROUP
>                        guest ok = no
>                        read only = no
>
>(I am not concerned about security at this point)
>
>When I compiled the source I selected Linux without passwords.

Hmm, you mean without shadow passwords?

I've seen this error before, but forgot all about it.
What *might* help:

*) Is nmbd running and in the workgroup you want it to be?

*) Enable guest login and change the guest account from 'nobody' to 'ftp'
   The 'ftp' account should have a valid shell (/bin/bash) but a disbled
   password ( a '*' in /etc/passwd).

>
>2. For the client, Windows for workgroups, I took the files dsk3-1.exe and
>dsk3-2.exe from Microsoft's ftp site ftp.microsoft.com in directory :
>                bussys/Clients/MSCLIENTS
>
>        I cannot load the network drivers from these programs and then start
>WFW. I get a windows error.
>

No clue, I used wfw before (now win95) and they both worked.

>
>I have a 12 station WFW network running using MS TCP/IP.
>
>By the way, I can telnet into my Linux box, through ethernet cards without any
>problem.
>
>What I want to do is have linux as the server, WfW as the client, and be able
>to print on the printer connected to the client from the server. I also want
>to be able to access the client's  hard disk from the server so I can back up
> client files on the server's tape drive.
>
>After reading the documentation on Samba, it appears that this can be done.
>However I have run into problems and could use some help/ suggestions.
>
>Thanks.

A general hint: make one samba server the master browser for the workgroup.
It can overrule wfw. Then mounting drives from the wfw pc's is much more
userfriendly.

janjaap