The documentation on a lot of stuff really sucks...Have you totally fixed your problem now? I only discovered I could not get mine to work becuase I had to set an encrypt password to the file. Its not the fault the of Linux, just I know the documentation could be a little better. Also, with Samba they have to deal with MS who really are trying to stop the Samba team from succeeding too much as Linux can replace an NT server... Matt On Wednesday 28 February 2001 04:46 am, juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de wrote:
Julia Maddocks wrote:
thank you, I have read the files and followed step by step but alas, it doesn't work, I also read the HOWTO, when I evetualy found it and various chapters from books
I've spent the best part of 3 whole days on this, and I must admit I'm beginning to wonder why I bother.
Well Julia, feel welcome in our little club. ;-) For fun, I wanted to set up a DNS server for my (up to 4 machines), a task otherwise easily done by /etc/hosts. Reverse lookups didn't work at all, but I had copied the config from the howto. Days later, I discovered my config lines started with a space (=separator) I have a few handful of further examples. ;-) The *WHY* in my case is extending my knowledge and -yes- fun. Your problem has a few points of uncertainty. Basic network, Samba using encrypted/unencrypted passwords, syntax of commands, accessing Win98 shares or accessing linux shares from win98? I have some experiances accessing WinNT shares, this usually requires a user name. Win98 shares are *not* (in my experiance) user dependent (unless you authenticate against a NT server/domain). You just need a password. With a domain, the -W domainname parameter grants success. (not for smbmount in my case ;-() As Purple Shirt said, we need more specific information. Every time I play with Samba at work, I need some time to find back where I left off last.
Do not sell your soul to the evil Empire! (just trying to be funny)
Juergen
I'm just trying to use my Linux machine in the peer to peer network I successfully use when I'm running W98
Purple Shirt wrote:
Hate to be picky but you seem to be approaching the entire issue from the wrong angle. Giving us error output does in itself not help with debugging your problems. We need to see your smb.conf and maybe your permissions on the directories. You haven't even said what you are trying to share if printer or drives and which way.
I really suggest you read these chapters and follow them step by step. O'reilly has it all for you listed what you need to do:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html
mk
From: Julia Maddocks
Reply-To: julia.maddocks@zoom.co.uk To: "suse-linux-e@suse.com" Subject: [SLE] samba Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:26:04 +0000 I get the following error messgae when I try smbstatus:
couldn't open status file /var/lock/samba/STATUS..LCK
why does this happen? Those microsoft shares are looking more and more appealing...
Julia