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li_budm@alcor.concordia.ca ( LORNE I BUDMAN ) wrote:

>(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:

>		[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.

Looks like you have to provide the username; try -U (?) and a valid
username (ie, in passwd) and see what you get.

>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.


>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.

I just did something very similar.  I configed it so that the Linux
box 'bashful' was the server, and the WFW box 'dopey' was the client.
I have the printer and tape drive on bashful, and can print to it just
fine from dopey.  I haven't tried the tape drive yet but assume all is
OK because I can see the entire C: drive on dopey.  It's just a matter
of getting the backup software and configuring it (I hope).

Hope this helps.  If not, e-mail, and maybe we can work it out
off-line.