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ensure that all the Samba rpms are installed properly

rpm -q samba
rpm -q samba-common
rpm -q samba-server

edit the file /etc/samba/smb.conf under the following lines

workgroup = {what ever your workgroup is}
password level = 50
username level = 50
encrypted passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

and add the following line in [global] section

include = %m.encrypt

Now you should be up and running

type setup and make sure that the process smb is starting when machine is
switched on.

To check if samba is running use command 'samba status', if running restart
it with command 'samba restart' if not 'samba start'

Now you need to go into users under linuxconf and make sure that each user
is included with the exact name that they log into windoze box with

You now need to re open console display and issue

smbpasswd -a {username}

for each user in turn, the first time you issue this command it will tell
you the file is missing before recreating it for you.

If you have any problems let me know, it is actually quite simple!!

Darren


<kdehoog@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> wrote in message
news:3a5476f2.39280094@news.uwa.edu.au...
> G'day
>
> I have been trying to get a Samba file server started over our local
> network.  We operate on share level access and run both TCP\IP and
> IPX\SPX through the lan cards in Windoze ME and 95 on the faster and
> slower machine respectively.
> I am installing Linux (Red Hat 6.0) on the slower one (a K6 PII-233 w\
> 64 M RAM) the LAN card is an HP Lan Plus (or similar)
> I can access the internet through the network (using Windoze ME as the
> 'proxy' server (Wingate 2.0) no problems but Samba doesn't work at
> all.
>
> When I say not working at all the service starts but will not permit
> the windoze ME machine to read the linux drive on the Red Hat machine.
> I can mount the INTERNAL windoze drive on the windoze 95 machine from
> itself however.
> Is it possible to share the contents of the linux drive with the
> Windoze ME machine?  If so any tips how???
> or only the mounted windows drive within the linux machine?
>
> Also when using linuxconf to try and configure Samba something went
> pear-shaped and the result is a samba.conf file full of wierd
> characters and more than 200 errors when i ran testparm over it!
> Obviously this has some bearing on why Samba isn't working BUT before
> the config file went down that famous creek Samba wouldn't work
> Finally could someone post me their samba.conf file via email?
> I can receive it on the linux machine and replace my stuffed one with
> it
> the email address for the above is twoflippers@icqmail.com
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Cheers
> David