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Date:      Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:11:56 -0500
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        george vagner <kf7nn@yahoo.com>, John Straiton <jks@clickcom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Noah Dunker <ndunker@jccc.net>
Subject:   RE: SAMBA Win2K
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20010814221156.010e93c8@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010815014124.28643.qmail@web5303.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20010814163358.010feeb8@mail.sage-american.com>

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Got in! Fellows, Unix Samba-Win2K is now working now thanks to the help.
Win2K client talking to Samba server and logged in just fine now....

Much obliged!

At 06:41 PM 8.14.2001 -0700, george vagner wrote:
>sure did it works fine here. the passwords should be
>set to encrypted in the samba config and I always
>have to go and set my passwords manually using
>smbpasswd command.
>
>I also use webmin to admin the samba server its much
>faster.
>
>
>--- jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
>> Thanks, John & Noah:
>> I have just installed Samba and getting ready to
>> configure the Win2K client.
>> 
>> John/Noah, did you have to configure the Win2K to
>> use plain text for
>> passwords?
>> 
>> The slow part doesn't matter in this case. Just want
>> Win2K Explorer to be
>> able to map the Unix server drive to simplify some
>> things....
>> 
>> Many thanks for the help....
>> 
>> At 05:16 PM 8.14.2001 -0400, John Straiton wrote:
>> >I access my FreeBSD machine running SAMBA with my
>> Win2K Pro based laptop, if
>> >that's what you mean. It's pretty slow but works
>> fine for day-to-day use. As
>> >far as setting that up goes, "Teach yourself SAMBA
>> in 24 Hours" is the book
>> >to have. Using "smbclient" before trying to use
>> Windows to access it will
>> >probably help in troubleshooting (since it gives
>> error messages).
>> >
>> >Let me know if you need more specific details,
>> >John Straiton
>> >ClickCom, Inc.
>> >jks@clickcom.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On
>> Behalf Of
>> >> jacks@sage-american.com
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:48 PM
>> >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> >> Subject: SAMBA Win2K
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone installed SAMBA for use with Win2K
>> PRO? Would appreciate
>> >> experience feedback. Is it located in the ports?
>> Thanks for any
>> >> response(s).
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Jack L. Stone,
>> >> Server Admin
>> >>
>> >> Sage-American
>> >> http://www.sage-american.com
>> >> jacks@sage-american.com
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Jack L. Stone,
>> Server Admin
>> 
>> Sage-American
>> http://www.sage-american.com
>> jacks@sage-american.com
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
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