> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> 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. PPS: Yes, this is Window$ XP Pro (but I think it's still SP1), and 98 SE. It's still Window$, a Micro$oft product, which really says it all.