[CentOS] Re: new CentOS5.1, samba help requested

[Rudi Ahlers]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 22:37:38 Scott Silva wrote:
>   
>> on 3-26-2008 2:22 PM Anne Wilson spake the following:
>>     
>>> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:50:46 John wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Thanks for posting the config file but comparing it to mine I see
>>>> nothing wrong. I am going to do a clean install of the server and start
>>>> over with Cent OS 5.1. It use to be a RHEL updated to centos maybe
>>>> that's the reason for the problems???
>>>>         
>>> Nope - mine was a clean install.  In the morning I'll do a compare with
>>> my settings, but I use a very simplified [global] as recommended for my
>>> situation in Samba 3 by Example, so many of those settings will not be
>>> there. With any luck I might find one that helps.
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>       
>> Have you both made sure that your xp clients aren't using simple file
>> sharing? That disables credential passing and instead passes guest with no
>> password.
>>     
So are you saying that one should disable simple file sharing in Windows?

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