You are asked to setup a non-root user as part of the NetInst. This is the User that I setup.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Ewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 25, 2007 3:15 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Newbie Samba help On Wednesday, 25.04.2007 at 14:58 -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > I just installed the latest OS using a NetInst CD and during the install I > checked the boxes for "File Server" and "Print Server" and I have been to > HYPERLINK "http://localhost:901"Http://localhost:901 to verify that Samba is > up and running. > > I can "see" the Debian server from my Win XP machines, and also from the > Debian side I can access files in the "Shared Documents" folder on the Win > Xp machine open them and copy them back to the Debian desktop. So Samba must > be up an running properly.However, I can't access the Debian folders from > the Win Xp machine. > > I have setup a User on the Debian side called "Jan" and logged in using that > password on the Debian machine no problem. I have renamed my Win Xp user > account to "Jan" and used the exact same password. When I try to access the > Debian server (through Network Places) I am prompted for a User and Pswd, to > which I provide the same Jan and the Pswd and it fails to connect. I have > tried it both logged out and logged in on the Debian server using User Jan. Note that Samba typically requires you to create a dedicated Samba user on the server, not a 'normal' user account. It's unclear what you did when you said "I have setup a User on the Debian side..." If you can't figure it out, post your /etc/samba/smb.conf and we may be able to help. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 2007.04.24 5:43 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.6.0/775 - Release Date: 2007.04.24 5:43 PM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
