on 6-3-2008 1:00 PM MHR spake the following:
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM, John R Pierce pierce-BRp9yk6zKL1Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org wrote:
win9X has horrible network username habits... you need to determine what username its running as... dirty trick, log off, and the username should be in the login prompt, just hit enter to relogin with the same username and the same blank local password.. on the SAMBA server, create that username as a linux user, AND `smbuser -a username`, assign it a smb password. when win98 prompts for a password, thats the username it will use, you get no choice, and win98 should be able to 'save' that password (if you check said box on the login prompt), which causes it to be saved to a <username>.pwd file (I think thats the name of the password cache).
More progress:
It occurred to me that somewhere along the line I had not given my CentOS guest user smb access, so I ran smbpasswd and set the guest password to match its login password. When I went back to W98, I tried to add the network printer - it recognized the name (\mhrichter\MPP1100) and asked for a password. I gave it the guest password, and it proceeded to try to install it. I put in the CD, went through all the (right) moves to install the driver, and then the moment of truth:
W98 said I had to reboot.
I knew I was in trouble. I rebooted, and, lo and behold, the printer was suddenly offline and unavailable (there was no change to the CentOS host or the printer at all).
I deleted the printer to start over, but this time W98 said the printer was offline when I input the name and the password.
W98 still can't see the network or any of the shares in the Network Neighborhood, but at least I can reach for it by name.
Any doors or windows in this wall?
Thanks.
mhr
PS: I have always said that I don't really hate Window$, I just prefer working in and on Unix/Linux. I don't think that's true any more, although I must say that of all the versions of Window$ I've ever used, XP is the least objectionable.
Vista will raise your disappointment level back up!