Re: [Sheflug] Re: Finally cracked networking with samba

[Sammy <nospam [at] cableinet.co.uk>]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> Sammy
> 
> > what do i need to do to
> > set `samba to expect encrypted passwords and how do  i do that?
> 
> In the top of the globals section you need to put "encrypted 
> passwords = yes".   Then you need to add a user to the Samba 
> application.  You can do that by doing 'smbpasswd -a sammy'  or 
> whatever user name you want to use.  It'll ask you for a password.  
> So, use whatever you want to use in there.
>

I try smbpasswd -a david
it then user david not found in symtem password file 
it work fine for smbpassd -a sammy
please any advice
> Finally you'll need to set up your windows machine to login to the 
> network.  When it reboots it does ask for a password and user name.  
> Use the password and user name that you put into smbpasswd.


i need to reset this all up i cannot remember the passwords for thecomputer

is there any file that will tell me the login and password?

i really need to do this soon and copy all my brothers mp3s and stuff off the
hd  to free up some space on his windows box . otherwise it gonna get real
slow.

how do i get 
samba to boot up whaen i boot the linux box up?

and can anyone explain gate ways  hmmm is it something to  do will ip number 
between my mnodem and the server modem on the internet?

thanks for all the hellp sammy

 
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