SAMBA and XP

[nitin bansal]

Hi
 
Just try out this :
 
run the following command from ur linux pc
 
smbpasswd -a username

to which u want to give the access to smba share b'coz samba passwords are different from regular password and are created by this command.


Adam Koch <agkoch at verizon.net> wrote:


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Subject: Re: SAMBA and XP

Jim Maul wrote:

> Paal Marker wrote:
>
>> Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>>
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>>> Hogue, Russ wrote:
>>> | I know I am missing something simple, but my users can access
>>> SAMBA from
>>> | all operating systems (older versions of Windows) except from 
>>> | Windows XP, it never accepts the credentials from the client...any
ideas?
>>> |
>>> | Russ
>>> |
>>> |
>>> |
>>> I have found that you don't have to have the same username and 
>>> password for both machines. I am using Samba and Windows XP 
>>> together without problems. When you go to the share, you will be 
>>> prompted for your username and password. Try using 
>>> sambaserver\username (where sambaserver is the name or IP of the 
>>> server hosting samaba and username is the samba user) and the 
>>> password for the username. I believe the issue is that it is trying to
authenticate with the XP box, not Samba.
>>>
>>> - --
>>>
>>> Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
>>> Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician Ozarks Technical 
>>> Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
>>>
>>> halln at otc.edu
>>> 417-447-7535
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>>
>> I had a problem long time ago with XP that could not log on samba. 
>> The problem was that the user had installed XP home-edition, wich 
>> does not work with samba-server as it has no support for it. We 
>> found at that time that it excisted no work-arounds. XP-pro had no 
>> problems working with samba-server. Is it XP-pro you have installed?
>> If it is home-edition you will have to upgrade to pro.
>>
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>
>
> I have samba running on a centos server at home and my xp home 
> workstation accesses it just fine...
>
> -Jim
>
Well, this problem occured for more than a year ago, and on the site
http://www.samba.netfirms.com/PDC.htm I found this sentence and stopped
trying to configure:

"As for Windows XP, one piece of advice.....if you have bought Windows XP
home edition, it will not support domain logons. You will need to upgrade to
the Pro version."

And further this article: 
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2820882,00.html
"Unlike all other previous Microsoft operating systems, XP Home will simply
not work in an office network environment with NetWare, NT, Samba, or
Windows 2000 servers. Period. You simply can't connect to the servers'
domains or their file/print services."


So when you say that this problem is solvable I have just been mislead. 
Or has there been som upgrades on xp-home-edition in the meantime? I got
curious about this issue, did it work for you straight out of the box, or
did you have to do some configurations in xp registry? One of the boxes
running w2k at my place would be much better off with a xphome-edition.


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It's true that XP Home cannot join a domain, and there is no workaround.
But that doesn't keep it from joining workgroup based servers. You don't
need to formulate a domain in order to have a network. I have a Win2K
Advanced Server box, a FC 3 box dual booting with XP Pro, an XP Home box
(don't ask me why, at least it's not ME), and an XP Pro laptop. They can
all see one another and share files amongst themselves.

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