Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:48:26 +0300 (EAT) From: Patrick <patrick@eahd.or.ug> To: Stan Rogowski <stan@pacblue.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Windows 98 and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0106220929060.24552-100000@spice.eahd.or.ug> In-Reply-To: <000a01c0fa84$e19d8dc0$4201000a@pacblue.net>
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Stan Rogowski wrote: > We just started running a FreeBSD Server and are having difficulties with file access between Windows 98 workstations and Windows NT workstations. Windows NT can see the Windows 98 machines, but Windows 98 comes up with: > > Enter Network Password > > You must supply a password to make this connection: > > Resource: \\COMPUTERNAME\IPC$ > If this happens when you are trying to get to the NT machine from the win98 machine then (as has been said before) this is a windows problem - not FreBSD. <sigh> Anyhow, *if* that is the problem then it's because NT does not have a similar user and password in its confs as the win98 machines ie if you login onto the "network" on win98 as 'username' with password 'pass' then each of the NT machines will have to have a user 'username' with password 'pass' And, (again as has been said before) if FreeBSD is your "network server" ie you are running Samba, then you have to read the docs to see how to set 'elections' or something like that to see who wins dominance over the network (NT has some value - 32 I guess??)...-not sure. THEN, you will have to read your NT documentation to see how to make NT authenticate from an external server - in this case the BSD box (if that's supported in the first place).... Then go over to Redmond for support - though I do not know if you will get it. Patrick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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