Topic: Samba

[Smitro]

I can't get Samba to work. For some reason I can't view the machine.Is there any more configurations that I can do other than the server manager through the web browser?

[Andrei]

If you have read the documentation you would no the you can pull up a text gui.

[Smitro]

Firstly, I have read the documentation. And I can get the Text Gui. It does me no help.

Secondly, I have finally worked out that there is a problem with the computer being on a differnt IP range working with our currrent Router. For some reason I can only get some things though. The problem I am not having is that wen I click on the computer it comes up and asks me for a pass word. I have typed in all the passwordas I can think of. The password it is asking me for is for the \servername\ip$ Now I'm not even trying to open that, even if it was a share.

Is there a way of writeing to the web server conf file? If it's apache, is there a way of adding to httpd.conf? I need to add more variables. and also default pages.

[Kelvin]

Your problem isn't Samba exactly (well yes and no), it's basic Microsoft networking (or smb networking).

I take it you are running Win9X / ME. I'm assuming you actually mean \servername\ipc$ and NOT \servername\ip$ (sometimes EXACT messages are very important as a single character can change the whole meaning of an error).

This comes about when the username / password combination you used to log into Windows does not match up or exist on the server your are trying to access. Examples of when this can happen :-

Assume you log into Windows as "joe" and password is "bloggs".

Scenario 1 : Your SME server does not have a user account named "joe"
Scenario 2: Your SME server has an account called "joe" but the password on the server for "joe" is something other than "bloggs".

If you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP Pro, you will be presented with a dialog box asking for a username and password combination to gain access to the server your clicked on. Unfortunately in Win9X / ME, you don't get this.

Kelvin