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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:35:56 -0500
From:      "Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: samba - vista problems
Message-ID:  <004a01c9351c$aa13f1c0$fe3bd540$@com>
In-Reply-To: <20081023102101.3bc77c17@scorpio>
References:  <337592.34920.qm@web30806.mail.mud.yahoo.com>	<20081023153807.J10523@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081023102101.3bc77c17@scorpio>

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In windows world, username is machinename\username.

So, if the Vista box is named mypc and your username is fred,

The username you enter should be mypc\fred.

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Not sure if you have a freebsd password problem.

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Anyway, just more info to help you solve your problem.

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Darryl

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From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jerry
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:21 AM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: samba - vista problems

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:39:16 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

>> Hello!
>
>I have some problems with my samba/vista "os"
>I can't log on from my pc to the samba, it says every time that there
>is a password/user problem, I tried to retype almost 50 times the
>user/pass, to change it but it don't works.
>
>do you ever meet this problem?
>--------
>
>no - i don't use windows, for users i strongly recommend not using
>vista.

That was not the question the OP asked.

>anyway - it's not FreeBSD related problem, samba is not FreeBSD
>specific.

If the OP is using SAMBA in a FreeBSD environment, then it is most
certainly a FBSD related problem.

>try windows support and samba related mailing lists!

In which case, if their users are as closed minded as you appear to be,
they will refer the OP to the FreeBSD and/or Samba mailing list,
depending on which list he contacts.

--
Jerry
gesbbb@yahoo.com

"Life's tough ... it is even tougher if you are stupid."

        John Wayne




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