Re: Connecting to Linux from Windows XP

From: Scott Leighton (helphand_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:28:26 GMT

Larry Cohen wrote:

> After installing Samba server in Suse 9.1 Pro, I can now see the Linux
> machine in the network neighborhood of Win XP. Whenever I try to open a
> shared folder on the Linux machine from the Windows machine I get a dialog
> box asking for a user name and password. What do I enter? I've tried the
> root user and the regular user and nothing works. I think it may be a
> Samba server configuration issue, but I can't locate the solution.
> Larry

  If you have webmin installed, it's simple to automatically set up
your local users as Samba users and then add any others you may need.

  https://localhost:10000/samba/

  Just click the 'Convert Unix Users to Samba Users' link at
the bottom of the page.

 Scott 

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