Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:03:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Richard Morte <richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SAMBA passwords don't work Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9910011201210.21410-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <LOBBKEGHCNEHPLGFIAKPAENLCAAA.richard@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
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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
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