1st try: use smbclient -U username -L BIGSERVER When you just do smbclient -L it assumes the username is Anonymous, which could be a reason authentication fails. As for nmblookup, is the smb name BIGSERVER or BIGSERVER__SAMBA__ or are these just made up names for this mail? My point is that the 'hang' is probably due to your broadcast not getting a response. Perhaps you're using the wrong name?! If you still can't get it to work, first check is smbd and nmbd really are running, then check /var/log/log.smb and /var/log/log.nmb for any error messages, and post them here. Regards Anders On Sunday 03 June 2001 00:40, Richard Ibbotson wrote:

Dear All

I have sent this message to various Australian Samba lists for more than a week. I have not received a reply. I'm hoping that someone can answer my question.......

After trying to work this one out for two days I've given up and thought I'd try the internet for more sensible answers.

I've set up an SuSE 7.1 Intel based computer to operate as a Samba server for a Win 98 network. I did all of the diagnostic tests that are described by Andrew and this is what came back.......

testparm smb.conf shows that nothing is wrong anywhere. .... smbclient -L BIGSERVER reveals.......

" session setup failed: ERRSRV -ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.) "

I get the same result from ..... smbclient '\\BIGSERVER\TMP'

When I try nmblookup -B BIGSERVER__SAMBA__ the screen locks up until I do Ctrl+c.

Anyone suggest what this might be about ? Another clue is that if I connect the Samba server to the network and open up Network Neighborhood in Win 98 I can see that all of the computers have disappeared from the window.

I would send in smb.conf but I'm afraid that there isn't a floppy drive on this machine and the CD-ROM will shortly be going somewhere else. No connection from this box to the internet either.

Can't find a single thing wrong with the SuSE 7.1 installation. Shadow passwords are working as is everything else.

Thanks

Here is a working smb.conf file be sure to add users to the samba password smbpasswd -a valid_linux_user #< eg has an entry in the password file on linux smbpasswd - a guest #<-- you need to add the guest user this must be a user created on the linux system ################## smb.conf ############## [global] workgroup=WORKGROUP #<-- your domain or wokgroup on the windows envioriment guest account = nobody keep alive = 30 os level = 65 local master= yes domain master= yes preferred master=yes public= yes security = user comment=test_share path=/share #<-- a public share on linux read only = no create mode = 0750 writeable=yes encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY map to guest = Bad User interfaces = xxx.68.1.7/255.255.255.0 # <--your nic address here wins support = yes [dizzy73] comment = Dizzy_73 home dir path=/home/dizzy73 # <--valid username on the linux system writeable=yes force user=dizzy73 browseable = yes read only = no create mode = 0750 ########################################## Richard Ibbotson wrote:

Dear All

I have sent this message to various Australian Samba lists for more than a week. I have not received a reply. I'm hoping that someone can answer my question.......

After trying to work this one out for two days I've given up and thought I'd try the internet for more sensible answers.

I've set up an SuSE 7.1 Intel based computer to operate as a Samba server for a Win 98 network. I did all of the diagnostic tests that are described by Andrew and this is what came back.......

testparm smb.conf shows that nothing is wrong anywhere. .... smbclient -L BIGSERVER reveals.......

" session setup failed: ERRSRV -ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.) "

I get the same result from ..... smbclient '\\BIGSERVER\TMP'

When I try nmblookup -B BIGSERVER__SAMBA__ the screen locks up until I do Ctrl+c.

Anyone suggest what this might be about ? Another clue is that if I connect the Samba server to the network and open up Network Neighborhood in Win 98 I can see that all of the computers have disappeared from the window.

I would send in smb.conf but I'm afraid that there isn't a floppy drive on this machine and the CD-ROM will shortly be going somewhere else. No connection from this box to the internet either.

Can't find a single thing wrong with the SuSE 7.1 installation. Shadow passwords are working as is everything else.

Thanks

-- Richard

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