Samba - all messed up

[Kostas Sfakiotakis]

Greetings Brad ,

brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
> When things were simple (Windows 95) Samba setups were easy then
> Bill determined that he needed to make my life complicated.
> 
> Now in my house I have some Windows 98 machines, some windows XP
> and even an old Win 95 laptop my daughter likes.
> 
> I can print to my linus boxes and their printers but I can't seem
> to get everyone happy about sharing files from the Linux boxes
> where everything is saved.

Check the valid user setting on the Linux box .

  > So how do I give access to Win95 through XP to my FC2 box using
> Samba?  

Is it doable to make a Subnet with the Windows machines by putting
one XP machine as a server and the rest as clients ?

I've got password encription on (I think, I've messed
> withit so much I'm not sure anymore)  I did that cause I couldn't
> see how to shut it off in the XP box.


As far as the XP are concerned , well i can only say one thing .
I wouldn't really enjoy playing with LSA ( the Local Security Authority )
/ the NT Authority Subsystem , the thing that controls passwords and the
rest that concern security . If  anyone else doesn't find it in the 
meantime
i will reboot and  check for it . Chances are that a good starting point
in Start --> Run --> mmc ( Microsoft Management Console )

In Webmin under the Servers tab there is Samba Windows File sharing
under that there is a button called Authentication , upon pressing that
you will get to a screen where the first option reads

Use encrypted passwords  . At least set the Unix side from the there
so you have a starting point .
> 
> Does anyone have a quick how to set this up so everyone can play?
> 

Well i have succeded in file sharing between my sisters computer
, which runs Windows XP Proffessional the Greek Version and my
computer which runs Fedora Core 1 .

Now Webmin has been of great help . It is rather safe to play with
it in order to find the correct settings . I have used user level 
authentication .

> BTW the NFS stuff is working great.

Well the fact that NFS is working great isn't really saying anything 
because
there are different daemons involved .



Kind Regards,
   Kostas