[plug] samba problem

[Alan Graham]

You have at least two separate issues. here.  First you have to get an
IP address.  Are you absolutely certain that you're not?  The reason I
ask is the second issue;  a workgroup and an NT domain are different
beasts.  Switch off the 'logon to an NT domain' on the 98 client.  If
you can see the dhcp messages in /var/log/messages then I would suggest
that you are actually getting an ip address on the client.  You can
check by cancelling the logon (I'm windoze, I don need no steenkin'
security) and checking the ip address with winipcfg 

If you confirm that you do NOT have an IP address, and the client is set
to obtain an IP address automatically, suspect the cabling.

If you do have an IP address....   Now we're talking Samba.  Think
seriously about what sort of security you need.  Do you want an NT syle
domain, with NT style auth checking on shares,  and NT style auth
checking on the 98 login?  If so, you can try to set
security = domain
in smb.conf and be prepared to do a lot of reading.  Or you can try to
install the forked samba package (can't remember the name...  tip of my
tongue...) which has much better support for NT domains.  

You may be better off with
security = user
if you have all user accounts synced to all machines.

Or if you aren't too worried about security once physical access has
been gained, then
security = share

You need to read the samba docs and decide what's important.  But sort
out the IP address before you even think about samba.

Alan

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 22:36, Jon Miller wrote:
> I have samba running on a RH7.3 server and a windows 98 client.  I cannot get the windows client to login.  I have the following setup already:
> 
> smb.conf
> workgroup, shares all check out when I run testparms, so I see do issue with smb.conf.
> netlogon is enabled with a login script in the location specified in netlogon share.
> I'm also running dhcpd and I cannot see any issues with this.  I have the range set, name servers set, etc
> 
> on the W98 PC
> TCP/IP with ipaddress obtain from server
> Client for MS  set with both workgroup and Logon to Windows NT domain set to the workgroup name.
> 
> Issue I cannot get a ipaddress.
> In /var/log/messages I can see dhcp doing a discover and a offer of an ip address, but that is all that is happening.
> 
> 
> Any ideas
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
> Director/Sr Systems Consultant
> MMT Networks Pty Ltd
> http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au
> 
> "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
>  is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby
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