From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 0:55:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from catalyst.sasknow.net (catalyst.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7766337B41C for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 00:55:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by catalyst.sasknow.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g358skH43669; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:54:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) X-Authentication-Warning: catalyst.sasknow.net: ryan owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:54:46 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: mike ndabarasa Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smbd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020405025008.B43078-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mike ndabarasa wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > [...] > as for now smbd is running and i have been able to use a windows box > to access \\my_smbd_server > > but i still have problems to access from other desktops to > that server.i m getting the followinfg message : > > "Theaccount is not authorized to log in from this station" > > even though both the windows desktops are in the same > logical network! Most likely, you need to have a look at what kind of authentication you are accepting/enforcing from your Windows clients. If you require a valid user/password, read up on smbpasswd(8). Why don't you also post the relevant parts of /usr/local/etc/smb.conf: The interesting bits are likely to be: Hosts Allow Security Encrypt passwords Username map And, one of the relevant [sharename] blocks - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message