[luau] Samba as PDC, yadda yadda yadda
Myles Uyema
luau at uyema.net
Tue Oct 22 20:01:01 PDT 2002
Vague, general questions will receive vague, general answers.
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, eXt wrote:
> I'm trying to use my Linux box as a PDC for my LAN, but Im having problems getting samba to even share files.
Samba as a PDC is a fairly advanced step in Samba land. You have to
create machine accounts for the actual Windows PCs: smbpasswd -a -m
Then you have to create user accounts: smbpasswd -a
I feel Workgroup mode is the way to go in a home setup.
You want to generally create samba user accounts with the same
name and password as they log into the Windows PC.
Samba user/machine accounts are kept in a separate file from
/etc/passwd. Look for the smbpasswd file in /etc/samba/
There are two smbpasswd files. The program and the user account file.
> I'm also not able to share my WAN connection; my PCs get an IP from the Linux boxs DHCP but no Internet... I tried using the "Server Wizard" included in mandrake 9 but its not working...
What errors do your PCs get when they discover "no Internet"?
Do your PCs get a DNS server or a gateway address through DHCP?
Run either "ipconfig /all" or "winipcfg" depending on the Windows OS.
> And to keep asking questions, I cant get postfix to work!!! Im using WEBMIN to try and set it up, but it aunt helping much...
Look in /var/log/* for error messages and try to post some relevant
logs.
> I need help fast, because every time a user registers on my site the confirmation e-mail is not being sent, so I have to manually e-mail them and make their password, this is a hassle and really unnecessary
Look in /var/log/* for error messages and try to post some relevant
logs.
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