[plug] Samba config

[Richard Sharpe]

At 10:21 AM 12/29/00 +0800, Bernard Blackham wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Scott wrote:
>> This looks like a case of wrong password encryption i know a lot of people
>> use samba with the old win95 plain_text_password. Win95OSR2 or nt service
>> pack3 onwards all passwords are encrypted by default. It's generally easier
>> to use samba with plain text password.
>> Anyway i can send you the registry program if you want it or its probably
>> available on the samba site.
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>Mmmm, if this was the case you would still be able to view the shares and
>the server in Net Neighboughood. From what's been said, neither
>can be seen.
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>Richard is probably right about ensuring the same subnet or setting up a
>WINS server in samba - smb.conf: `wins support = yes' and make sure you're
>running nmbd (man nmbd).

You need to do a little more than 'wins support = yes', which tells Samba
to be a WINS server ...

You also need to configure your clients to use WINS, which can be done
manually in the network config panel, or via PPP configuration with 'ms-dns'.

And indeed, it may also work better if the dial-up client is on the same
subnet as the server, which can be managed with proxy-arp.

>Bernard.
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> Bernard Blackham
> bernard at blackham.com.au
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Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba