Problems with Samba

Sun, 05 Mar 2000 00:20:47 GMT

I started rambling on that last message pretty
bad.  I did have a quick question that I can't
seem to find anywhere.

Is there a way to change the smbpasswd from
a windows box?

ie login to samba from a win98 client click change
password somewhere and it be updated on the samba
server.

I don't know if i am just
missing something or if this is just not
possible.

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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