Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:50:47 -0500 From: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> To: Mark Woodson <mwoodson@bacxs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with samba from one windows box Message-ID: <20020129155047.A13350@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020129072425.036b15b0@127.0.0.1>; from mwoodson@bacxs.com on Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:30:03AM -0500 References: <20020129005338.A4190@sympatico.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020129072425.036b15b0@127.0.0.1>
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:30:03AM -0500, Mark Woodson wrote: > At 12:53 AM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >One windows 98 box only gives me an error trying to access the printers. > >I get the network icon for the FreeBSD machine, but when I double click > >on it, I get the windows error; > > > ><snip> > >What may be a clue to the problem, > >is that during windows boot, I get the 3-field password > >window which is a login for a Microsoft network, which I just get an error > >from. I don't understand that window, don't want it, > >and I don't know how do get rid of it. > >I don't have that login on my other windows boxes and they work fine. Then > >I get the 2-field standard password, which is standard on my other win boxes. > > The difference between the two and three field logins is called related to > domains. You've apparently set this particular win98 box to login into a > domain, and your bafflement suggests that there is no PDC to login to. I > avoid 98 as much as I am able, but if you go to the Control Panel, locate > Network and look for "Log into an NT Doman" or something similar in the > Client for Microsoft Windows box you should be good to go. Thanks Mark, for your help. Your suggestion worked to get rid of the unwanted boot window. I still cannot access the BSD printers that other win machines can. I notice that I cannot access the other windows machines drives either. From here I will sample the support archives that are windows oriented. I'm sure there are many who have been where I am now. Cheers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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