Quoting Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is it possible (and is it recommended) to move to security = user on my > home LAN when the Windows machines don't really have a password? I guess > what I'm asking is how best to setup Samba and the Windows machines I'm > running. And, more importantly, why I need to setup it up a given way.
Hi Bill, 99% of my samba networks use security = user. My samba server acts as a PDC and I have all workstations login to the domain. I like this as you can setup login scripts to execute apon login. Check out: http://ca.samba.org/samba/docs/man/smb.conf.5.html Here's a small example that should work: [global] printing = lprng security = user workgroup = foobar encrypt passwords = true domain master = yes netbios name = Samba domain logons = yes logon script = login.bat logon drive = h: #(This line can pounded out if no XP machines) local master = yes preferred master = yes preserve case = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u unix password sync = true passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *updated* min password length = 4 [eps440] printable = yes public = yes path = /tmp [netlogon] path = /usr/local/share/netlogon create mode = 0755 writeable = yes [homes] browseable = no read only = no create mode = 0755 Note: for XP on domain logins you'll need to add the XP machines to smbpasswd. If you had an XP machine named xpname, you'll need to run: # useradd XPNAME$ # smbpasswd -am XPNAME$ Then, you can join the xp machine to the domain. You may need a root smpasswd entry for this. There's also a XP registry hack out on the web that you may need. You could probably hunt it down at google. > Also, when I followed the instructions for setting up CUPS for printing > trying to print from Windows to linux asked for a password. Password for > what user?? LPrng has always worked fine for me so far and so I don't know much about cups. but I think this is a samba thing and nothing to do with cups. Hope this helps, Cheers, Mike ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
