From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 1 12: 8:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from storm.digital-rain.com (storm.digital-rain.com [204.244.71.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2038D150BB for ; Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:08:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@storm.digital-rain.com) Received: from agamemnon (dial-line60.digital-rain.com [204.244.94.60]) by storm.digital-rain.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA23748 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:10:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910011910.MAA23748@storm.digital-rain.com> X-Sender: tim@storm.digital-rain.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Demo Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:08:33 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Tim Baird Subject: Re: SAMBA passwords don't work In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Or for those with lower security requirements.... Check out the sample registry entries under the "docs" dir of the samba port which turn off password encryption on the W boxes - leave the samba server with "encrypt passwords = no" If you fear hacking, stick with the encrypted method ..... At 12:03 PM 10/1/99 -0400, you wrote: >If you're using WinNT SP3 or higher (or 98), then you need to make sure >you're using encrypted passwords in samba. > >The line to add to the global section of your samba config is: > >encrypt passwords = Yes > >Then, you add accounts via the smbpasswd utility. The samba password file >resides in /usr/local/private/smbpasswd. > >Joe Clarke > >On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have SAMBA configured for FReeBSD and a number of Win machines. I can see >> all the UNIX shares from the Win boxes. Those that have no restrictions >> applied in smb.conf (eg the /tmp share) will allow file transfer to and from >> these directories; but Windows will not allow access to those directories >> that have restrictions (eg to /home/ric) and require a password. >> >> Windows returns the message: The password is incorrect. Try again. >> >> Is this a problem at the Windows end (something to do with profiles???) or >> is it that Samba needs to be configured to lookup passwords? At the moment >> valid usernames and passwords have been created only for UNIX logons (i.e. >> /etc passwds). >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Ric >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message