On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Ryan Yagatich wrote: ry> I have my linux machine that I would like as the file server, but would like ry> users to log on, to it as if it were nt (from 95) how would i have this ry> setup? ry> ry> I have samba currently running where I have a shared folder, and then their ry> home directories.... ry> Ok, I'm gonna make some assumptions here as you havn't specified how far along you are. Here are my following assumptions: 1. I assume you have samba installed and running correctly, typeing the following on the samba server will tell smbclient -L localhost you should see output about share names, server names, workgroup and master. 2. I assume you have your Win95 and samba server correctly netowkred and you can ping either or across your little network. 3. I assume you also can see your homes and shared shares on your Win96 machine. If all the above are correct, then theres not to much more that needs to be done so that samba acts like a domain rather then just a share. First off, you will also will need a share for netlogon similar to the following [netlogon] comment = Domain logon service path = /netlogon browseable = No you can either paste it into your smb.conf or add it with swat. After which you will also have to add the following to your [global] section [global] netbios name = SOMETHING security = USER domain logons = Yes os level = 34 local master = Yes preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes You will need to determine whether your version of 95 uses encrypted passwords or not, Win95 alone does not, but if you have installed I believe OSR2 or IE4 or better then you should have the ability for encrypted passwords. At which point add this to globals as well encrypted passwords = Yes unix password sync = Yes assuming encryption is available, add a user to the smbpasswd file with the following as well as password when asked smbpasswd -a <username> Another thing, samba expects to find the passwd file in /bin/ so the following needs to be changed in the global section as well passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd Be sure to save or commit the changes and within 60 seconds the changes should be available to the network. While this is happening, you will need to configure your Win95 system so that it can logon to your newly configured samba server. Goto the network option in the control panel and within the window, select "Client for Microsoft Networks" and press the properties button. You should see a dialog pop up with the top section being "Logon validation" and the bottom section being "Network logon options" Enable "Log on to Windows Domain" and enter what you put in the smb.conf file for 'netbios name'. Also enable "Logon and restore network connections". At this point the system should be configured correctly, when you close the dialog box, windows will ask to be restarted. Restart and try to logon. If it doesn't work correctly, then press the cancel button which will logon to Win95 as a guest user and we'll determine where the problem lies at this point, Most likely it will be with the password authentication not being encrypted or something ry> [homes] ry> path=/home/%u ry> .... ry> ry> [shared] ry> path=/home/samba ry> writeable=true ry> ... ry> ry> how would i set this up so when I log on, my logonscript /netlogon/%u.bat ry> would take effect. ry> After everything is hunky dory, add your users logon script to the netlogon directory, and in case your not aware, the file will need to have been created with dos/win style cr/lf throughout. ry> ry> ryan ry> ry> ry> --signatures are overrated-- ry> ry> ry> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly. -- Voltaire -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/