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Date:      Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:33:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kevin Greenidge <rootuser2000@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: About Samba
Message-ID:  <20021223153354.49601.qmail@web40508.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021223143121.GA1467@scottro11.homeunix.net>

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Ok by looking at this document I think I see my
mistake. I did not create any samba users. I don't
know what lead me to thinking I could actually look at
the server without adding a samba user & password. 



--- Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 05:59:17AM -0800, Kevin
> Greenidge wrote:
> > I installed FreeBSD 4.7 over the weekend and am
> having
> > the toughest time getting Samba working. 
> > 
> > I have up and running on the server but I cannot
> see
> > any of the Samba shares from my WinXP box. I can
> ping
> > the Samba box from winXP so I know it's there. I
> used
> > Webmin to configure Samba and don't remember it
> being
> > this much trouble when I installed Samba in the
> past. 
> 
> Sometimes, the trouble is in smb.conf with encrypted
> passwords.
> It's commented out by default and has to be
> uncommented. (or you can
> hack the registry on each MS box).  
> 
> I have a beginner's page on samba, which although
> Linux oriented, 
> might be of use at 
> http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/samba.html
> 
> Also, you'll find in
> /usr/local/share/doc/samba/textdocs something
> called DIAGNOSIS which might be helpful, it's a good
> troubleshooting
> guide.
> 
> HTH
> -- 
> 
> Scott Robbins
> 
> PGP keyID EB3467D6
> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6
> )
> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
> 
> Anya: You know this isn't your world, right? I mean,
> you know you
> don't belong here. 
> Willow: No. This is a dumb world. On my world, there
> are people 
> in chains, and we can ride them like ponies. 
> 

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