[plug] re: Samba password problem

[Jon L. Miller]

user name is same on home pc as on Linux server, however password may be
different and this may be the reason I only get the password dialog, I'll
try the same password on both systems.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gavin Rogers [mailto:grogers at greenwood.wa.edu.au]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:06 AM
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] re: Samba password problem
>
>
>At 12:03 3/07/00 +0800, you wrote:
>>I have a share on a test server that isn't accepting my
>password when I dial
>>in fom home.  The following is the information from that section in
>>smb.conf.  Any reason whay I can't get  access to this share.
> The home PC
>>is Win98, when i try to map a drive letter to the Linux
>server a dialog box
>>comes up asking for a password, but it does not accept the one(s) I've
>>tried.
>>
>>[rasdata]
>>   comment = Jon and Leanne stuff
>>   path = /usr/share
>>   valid users = jlmiller leanne
>>   public = no
>>   writable = yes
>>   printable = no
>>   create mask = 0765
>>
>
>What user name did you use when you 'logged in' to windows?
>Windows will try
>that username against any password you enter. So from the looks of it,
>log on using the username 'jlmiller' or 'leanne' and type in
>the password
>for your
>rasdata share.
>
>Windows NT doesn't have this problem and will prompt for both
>a username and a
>password - strange.
>
>Gavin.
>
>
>
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