[100523] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Samba Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Gray)
Sat Nov 21 14:34:21 1998
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From: Mark Gray <markgray@iago.nac.net>
Date: 21 Nov 1998 14:33:54 -0500
In-Reply-To: Gerry Doris's message of Sat, 21 Nov 1998 12:43:48 -0500 (EST)
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Gerry Doris <gdoris@shaw.wave.ca> writes:
>
> I've got Samba working except for one troubling item...passwords!!!
>
> If I make the share public I can access the linux directory from a Win98 system
> and do whatever I want. However, if I change the share to user I'm asked for a
> password.
>
> No matter what I enter I can't get access. The message is always
> wrong password. I'm logged into the Win98 system with the same user name as
> the linux box.
>
> Any suggestions? This is driving me crazy!!!!
>
> Gerry
Install the sources for samba and read the file docs/ENCRYPTION.txt
then enable the option "encrypt passwords" in your /etc/smb.conf,
create a smbpasswd file for yourself following the instructions in
docs/ENCRYPTION.txt and it should work (Linux Journal has an article
about this)
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