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 at 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! -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080603/e58e95fb/attachment-0005.sig>