Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:05:55 -0700 From: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> To: Richard P Mackerras <mack63richard@gmail.com> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Samba on FreeBSD - no AD, just a home network Message-ID: <CALeGphzoh896GSB5uhJGz%2BFZU9EJJF=gLWE6_69Cm0NXHFCH7A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGfybS9nk7BjGmy4yAUMPEzjiYcxRGQ2nOSWhNhPJnebng5HPQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGfybS9nk7BjGmy4yAUMPEzjiYcxRGQ2nOSWhNhPJnebng5HPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Which version of samba? Did you add a section in your samba/smb4.conf with the username and smbpasswd -a username? On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Richard P Mackerras <mack63richard@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been having trouble with SAMBA on FreeBSD. > I have installed FreeBSD 11.1 and installed SAMBA. It is running, SAMBA > says it is the master browser for my workgroup. > > This is a home network. No AD. > All I want is for a few W7 and W10 computers and a Mac (iPad/iPhone as > well?) to be able to read and write files to the SMB server. > > I cannot get it to authenticate a user. > > What is the process I should be following please? > Which type of authentication should I use, there seem to be a couple of > choices. > I don't want to expose my files if anyone hacks my wifi but I don't want to > make life difficult for myself. > > The windows computers are using the HomeGroup thing rather than a workgroup. > > The FreeBSD guide just seems to be rubbish and out of date. Most > discussions seem to centre around AD. > > Is there anything I need to do to the Windows computers? > > Cheers, > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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