David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 03:02 PM |
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Networking identity, Win2k to Linux box
I mostly use a Linux box running the latest UBUNTU release (feisty). I also have a couple of other boxes (1 antique tower box, 1 ancient laptop) that
run Windoze 2000, for the very rare jobs where only real Windoze will do (and for running some legacy software). The laptop is mostly used for running
Megajolt configuration software, which is Windoze only.
When everything is switched on, I can see the Win2K boxes from Linux and can get into their files simply by entering my userid and password for the
box being accessed.
I can see the Linux box from both Windoze boxes, and when I click on it I get the 'enter user id and password' box, as expected. However,
it doesn't recognise the info I enter. I suspect that I'm not entering the data in the correct format.
For example, assume that my Linux box is called 'linuxbox', my userid is 'fred' and my password is 'beetroot'
(nothing like reality, I hasten to add!). On the Win2k box I open 'my local network' and click on the machine icon called
'linuxbox'. A message box appears asking for the userid and password for the target machine. If I enter 'fred' and
'beetroot' I get 'incorrect password or unknown userid for: \\linuxbox'.
What am I doing wrong? It's very annoying when I can make it work in the other direction!
cheers,
David
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marktigere1
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 03:13 PM |
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Long shot but you have set 'fred' up as a user on the Linux box?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 03:22 PM |
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Linux uses samba client to access Windows shares and Samba server to give Windows (and Samba client) users access to Samba shares. The imporant
thing is that Linux users aren't Samba users and Windows users aren't samba users unless you create Samba ids for them and specify how
they are to be authenticated
I am short time right now to try and explain how to go about it but to save hassles try this --- on the Windows Pcs down load and install WinScp
and using that with your normal Linux ID and password.
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 03:24 PM |
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You need to use smbpasswd to create a password for the user in Samba (this is separate to the normal Linux password).
man smbpasswd for the full details.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 03:33 PM |
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Thanks! smbpasswd did the trick - dead easy to do as well!
Thanks to everyone else for their suggestions too.
David
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 04:19 PM |
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Big shame for me is that the Megajolt Configurator software almost runs using Wine under Ubuntu. The screen drawing goes screwy in just one
view. 
If I could get that to work then it would be curtains for Windoze on my old laptop as well.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 04:56 PM |
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I wonder if it would run under crossover office., I haven't had much luck with crossover except for MSWord and MS Excel which work a treat.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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bodger
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 05:23 PM |
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Get yourself the samba books from here (free pdf download)
& work carefully through the troubleshooting section. That should have you sorted.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 30/5/07 at 05:25 PM |
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No worries - I'm sorted enough now! 
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