Although i decided to go with the reinstall approach I
think you had it with the /etc/hosts thing. I seem
to just bearly remember changing that to inclued more
than just the 127.0.0.1 localhost settings to include
a localhost.localdomain or something. My own stupid
mistake. I don't know for sure because I jumped into
do back and reinstall. Fortanatly from this I was able
to dump Redhat and get Debian on our main server. It
is running much nicer then the older box was. Redhat
is nice for single user machines or quick servers but
customizeing Debian is just so much easier. Now I have
a nice tight install of around 300 megs and all user data
installed with about 2 gigs of info. I have printers up
and running, dhcp, and dns. I had sendmail doing relaying
for outgoing mail (it is behind an ipmasq box and not visable
to the outside in) for some employies. I am thinking of
setting up qmail for this and maybe even migrate email
to be completely on this machine (whitch would make me have
to put it vis to the outside i think right?). Anyway, that
is what the status is on my Samba catastrophy. I would
like to thank everyone that left me voice mail, and email.
Unfortantly I paniced but I think everything is good now.
Bill Warner
>From: Roger Prutsman <rprutsman@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: RE: Problems with Samba
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 18:15:50 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have worked with Samba for a year and a half, and
>have learned the hard way many things. Current, RedHat
>is sitting on a box at work as a member of our NT
>Domain.
>One thing to check for: Go to /etc/hosts and check
>your first line. It should read:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>If there is anything after it, then delete it all.
>Samba will go into a loop if something like
>localhost.localdomain is placed after it.
>It doesn't matter after that.
>Restart samba.
>Now, if you are using encrypted passwords, this is how
>you do it:
>In /etc/smb.conf, enable encrypted passwords. Enable
>the /etc/smbpasswd file. Save and exit.
>Type 'smbpasswd -a <username>. It will prompt you for
>a password. Make sure the user name and password match
>what you have in the NT environment. This is
>important.
>It should add successfully.
>Now, restart samba.
>On your Win box, logon with that same user id. The
>linux box should appear on your net neighborhood. If
>it doesn't, check the workgroup names to see if they
>match. If you are using WINS, there are areas in
>/etc/smb.conf that allow you to leverage that.
>Go to start > find > computer and search for the
>system. This should find it. If not, try the IP
>address. If still no go, you have a prob with your
>NIC.
>Email or call me if you have further questions. I
>would love to gain more experience with this.
>Note: This only makes you a part of the workgroup, not
>domain. This is the first step to domain membership.
>
>--- Joel Hanger <jhanger@uswest.net> wrote:
> > I'm not sure what version of samba you have but I
> > know that previous
> > versions have had the password verification set to
> > use plain text like
> > windows 95 uses, windows 98 however uses encrypted
> > passwords and requires
> > that you either turn on encryption on the samba
> > server or make the windows
> > boxes use plain text (not advised). I know that when
> > I was trying this I
> > would try to log in from my win98 box and it would
> > give me errors, such as
> > incorrect login name/password.. I would also double
> > check the
> > workgroup/domain that your samba server is on.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> >
>[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On
> > Behalf Of Kevin
> > Brown
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 12:30 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Problems with Samba
> >
> >
> > I haven't set samba up myself, but do have exp with
> > setting up windows
> > boxes.
> > Is the samba server configured to be in the same
> > workgroup as the Windows
> > boxes? If not, then that may explain why you can't
> > see it.
> >
> > arson smith wrote:
> > >
> > > Alright my manager is breathing down my neck on
> > this one.
> > > I am at a complete loss. If anyone wants to take
> > a job
> > > on this and is a samba expert I am going to need
> > to get
> > > this resolved.
> > >
> > > If anyone knows of a good consulting/support
> > company for
> > > linux or can do this please contact me either at
> > my
> > > work number
> > > 480-902-3931
> > > I am sure it is something that is really easy but
> > I am
> > > completely at a loss on this.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Bill W
> > >
> > > PS I really dont want the it manager here to get a
> > bad
> > > taste of linux as it has been running great for
> > the past
> > > 4-5 months, and he is fairly new here and really
> > new to
> > > linux.
> > >
> > > >From: "arson smith" <arsonsmith@hotmail.com>
> > > >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > >To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > >Subject: Problems with Samba
> > > >Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 19:07:25 GMT
> > > >
> > > >I am having trouble with samba, Everything seems
> > to be
> > > >ok smbclinet shows that all system serverces are
> > up and running
> > > >but none of the windows98 hosts can see the
> > server. It
> > > >seems to have just started giveing me trouble and
> > I can't
> > > >seem to trace any reason for it to start.
> > > >
> > > >If i do:
> > > >
> > > > smbclient -L host.name
> > > >
> > > >I get prompted for a password and all serverces
> > show up that
> > > >are accessable from the guest account. I don's
> > see anything
> > > >strange in any of the logs and everything looks
> > allright.
> > > >
> > > >If anyone has any clues let me know
> > > >
> > > >Bill Warner
> > >
> >
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