Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:05:08 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Prasad.Chemburkar@Vashimail.ltitl.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regarding SAMBA Message-ID: <01011100050801.00666@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <652569D1.002EC8EC.00@Vashimail.ltitl.com> References: <652569D1.002EC8EC.00@Vashimail.ltitl.com>
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You need to create a directory "private" in your Samba directory. Inside the private directory put a text file named "smbpasswd" . You might also want to look into swat. It's an HTML interface for Samba that does a good job of share and user management. Swat is included with Samba. On Wednesday 10 January 2001 23:31, you wrote: > Hi! > > I have configured samba on my FreeBSD 3.0 server and had started nmbd and > smbd deamons in deamon mode. when i browse through Windows 98 machine for > FreeBSD server name with IP address it prompts password. when i type any > password it gives me password incorrect. > i am confused as of which password to use, i tried changing password of > guest user on FreeBSD with smbpasswd command but it fails to change it. my > /etc/smb.conf has this options set > > ;[public] > path = /usr/home/newuser > public = yes > only guest = yes > writable = yes > printable = no > > > thanks in advance > prasad > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ================================================================= Beech Rintoul - Network Administrator - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission P.O. Box 230510 Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 ================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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