On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Charles R. Anderson wrote:
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:05:02 -0400 From: Charles R. Anderson <cra@WPI.EDU> Reply-To: wlug@mail.wlug.org To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] samba shares & win98 usernames
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 11:52:23AM -0400, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: subssn594> I'm not using a username on my win98 box. It would be too confusing subssn594> to my "windows community" at home.
So what username does Samba see when you map drives? You might have to increase the debug level in smb.conf (log level = 9).
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I haven't had a chance to play with the different suggestions yet -- too many distractions. One thing, though, is that I've confirmed my "senior moment"... My recollection of a place to add a username (without a username box/prompt) was completely wrong. I was remembering the WinNT method of specifying a different NT domain with the username in a username box. <sigh> I have some more ideas/requirements. 1. I'd like several shares, each mounted with a different linux/samba username, so that, when my "users" work from linux (staroffice), they have the right ownership/permissions for their files. 2. I recollect that samba has a feature that will allow the Win98 box to specify a password without a username. Samba then looks to see if the password matches from a list of username/password entries. It then allows the mount, using the username that works with the password. (Do I have this right, or is this another senior moment?) 3. Does Win98 have a "remember this password" button on the mount gui? (I'm not so much worried about security behind my firewall as much as I'd like to get the ownship of the samba-shared files right.) Thanks, Bill