Topic: win2k & i-bays & samba?

[Jules]

hi - i'm using e-smith 4.1.2 and having a little quirkiness with a win2k client accessing i-bays through network neighborhood. i can open an i-bay folder if it's access is sert to everyone, but if i restrict access to a group and try to open it on the win2k machine, i get "\E-smith-server\thisibay is not accessible. The network name cannot be found." i can access the i-bays fine from my Macs. Does this mean i need to do the upgrade to samba 2.2.1 procedure i've read about?

[jules]

addendum: the win2k box is a member of the e-smith workgroup, not a domain.

[Terry Brummell]

What user is logged on to the W2K box at the time?

Mine works just fine as long as the username/password that is used to logon to the 2K machine is a member of the group that has been allowed access.

Terry

jules wrote:
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> addendum: the win2k box is a member of the e-smith workgroup,
> not a domain.

[jules]

thanks terry - i didn't realize it would take my user & pass from the machine; i thought it would ask me for one (long time mac user!). of course, it then comes clear that 'administrator' (the user account i usually boot into in win2k) is 13 letters long! what luck! do you think M$ planned it that way!?
anyways, after logging into another user account, all is well.

julian

[Terry Brummell]

All I did was rename my Administrator account to admin, using the admin password on the e-smith box, that way I get admin privliages to everything.

Terry

jules wrote:
>
> thanks terry - i didn't realize it would take my user & pass
> from the machine; i thought it would ask me for one (long
> time mac user!). of course, it then comes clear that
> 'administrator' (the user account i usually boot into in
> win2k) is 13 letters long! what luck! do you think M$ planned
> it that way!?
> anyways, after logging into another user account, all is well.
>
> julian

[jules]

i'm felling a little dumb, but i don't see a way of changing the name of the 'administrator' account in win2k (if you have any Mac questions... well there is a platform where i have some proficiency )

[jules]

got it
how about that right-click menu item, 'rename'?

stupid guy