[ILUG] Samba Shares

[Pedro Jurado]

Do you add the option "encrypt passwords = true" to the global section?

2007/4/19, motoole at tegral.com <motoole at tegral.com>:
> Hey,
>
> I'm trying to set up shares through Samba whereby a user can access a
> folder and have read/write permissions to that folder.
> I've added the user into samba using
>                                         sudo smbpasswd -a system_username
>
> I've edited the smb.conf file so it looks something like
>
> #### Networking ####
>
> # The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
> # This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
> # interface names are normally preferred
> ;   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0
>
> # Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
> # 'interfaces' option above to use this.
> # It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
> # not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself.  However, this
> # option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
> ;   bind interfaces only = true
>
> ;[Intranet]
> ;comment = Intranet Files
> ;path = /var/www/apache2-default
> ;read only = No
> ;valid users = root
>
> ;[sharing]
> ;    comment = Intranet Files
> ;    path = /var/www/apache2-default
> ;    valid users = admin
> ;    public = no
> ;    writable = yes
>
> [Sap Training]
> comment = Sap Intranet files
> path = /var/www/apache2-default/Joomla/Sap\ Training/
> read only = No
> ;valid users = $S
> ;public = no
> ;writable = yes
>
>
>
> However everytime I tryt to access the folder I'm prompted for a username
> and password which will not work regardless of usernames and passwords I
> enter.
>
> Can anyone help me out with this as I've been around the whole internet
> twice trying to get this sorted.
>
> I'm sure it's something small that I'm overlooking but I'm being driven
> demented!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mick
>
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