[plug] smb

[Paul Dean]

Hya,

Yes We use it at work and I use it at home.

At 09:38 AM 14/11/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>On the topic of Samba and Win2K... does Samba work with Win2K to the extent
>that Win98 does.. as in can you do domain logons (PDC functionality) and the
>like to serve Win2K pro clients.  I currently do that with a network of
>Win98 machines using plain text passwords, but we are going to be getting a
>whole of new computers soon and I'm thinking of getting Win2K on them for
>the added stability.  I'm guessing that I'd have to revert to using
>encrypted passwords on teh Samba server.  Anyone?
>
>TIA. :)
>
>
>/ Ben
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Grasso" <steveg at calm.wa.gov.au>
>To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:35 AM
>Subject: Re: [plug] smb
>
>
> > russ,
> >
> > Try adding  browsable = yes to smb.conf for the backup and linux2 shares.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steve
> >
> > On Wednesday 14 November 2001 09:25, russ powers wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm using smb to share drives on a linux machine
> > > (suse7.2). From win2000 The drive can be read but not
> > > written: "Access is denied"
> > >
> > > smb.conf
> > > [backup]
> > >    comment = Public Stuff
> > >    path = /smb_mounts/backup
> > >    public = yes
> > >    writable = yes
> > >    printable = no
> > >
> > > [linux2]
> > >    comment = Public Stuff
> > >    path = /linux2
> > >    public = yes
> > >    writable = yes
> > >    printable = no
> > >
> > > So I assume smb is working? Maybe it is the mount of
> > > the drive in fstab?
> > >
> > > /dev/hdb1  /smb_mounts/backup  vfat  defaults   1   2
> > > /dev/hdb2  /linux2             ext2  defaults   1   2
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > russ
> > >
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Regards

Paul Dean
IT Support Officer
paul at canningcollege.wa.edu.au
http://www.canningcollege.wa.edu.au