Re: Xp connecting to a Redhat Linux 7.0 Server

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:35:57 -0500
Lori Homsher <[email protected]> wrote:

> Quoting [email protected]:
> > 
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:52:31 -0800 (PST)
> > From: David Johanning <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Xp connecting to a Redhat Linux 7.0 Server
> > To: [email protected]
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I am new to Linux and am trying to connect a Windows
> > XP machine to a Linux 7.0/Samba server. Other machines
> > are able to browse, and map to it with no problems
> > they are all Win 95/98 machines.
> ..
> > However when I try to map a drive and browse
> > to the Linux/Samba server I recieve a security error
> > from the Linux server
> > 
> 
> David,
> 
> I've had trouble with password encryption in the past. If your samba
> server is set up with plain-text passwords, but WinXP is sending
> encrypted passwords, you'll never get authentication to succeed.
> 
> If that's the trouble, then you need to either change your WinXP to
> use plain- text passwords (normally a registry setting), or change
> your samba server (and all other Windows machines) to send encrypted
> passwords.
> 
> Good luck,
> Lori
> 
> 
> 
  You may also want to check that the uid ( user id number) of the
users in /etc/passwd and /etc/samba/smbpasswd are identical. I have
had instances when some did not match, and so are denied access to the
shares, despite having matching passwords.


                                                Regards,

                                                  Tom