Makes sense. As always, Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: RE: Password
> The user that you are sharing the folder to has to have rights to view the > folder in Linux. For the user you added before, you were able then to view > his own folder because his folder was created with him as the owner when the > user was created. /etc is only readable by root. That is why the new user > you created can't read it. There is a security problem with allowing users > to modify the files in etc. > > Larry S. Brown > Dimension Networks, Inc. > (727) 723-8388 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of John Salamone > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Password > > Hi, > > I am trying to setup a share of my etc directory so I can access it on my > win98 machine but I am getting the following msg: > > \\comp.name\etcshare and then a password. What do I need to do to solve > this. As an example, I did the following: > > [root@server]#useradd xxxx > [root@server]#passwd xxxx > Changing password for user xxxx. > New password: xxxxx > BAD PASSWORD: it is too short > Retype new password: xxxxx > [root@server]#smbpasswd -a xxxx > New SMB password: xxxxx > Retype new SMB password: xxxxx > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
