[luau] Map network drive in 2000

Nakashima pnakashi at k12.hi.us
Mon Oct 6 17:45:01 PDT 2003


Thanks Dwight! for the very detailed and helpful post below. However, I 
couldn't get it to work. I must be doing something wrong. Sorry.

On Friday, September 26, 2003, at 09:20  AM, Dwight wrote:

> Okay, let's take a look only at the variables that are set in your 
> smb.conf
> file.  My comments are bracketed by << and >>.
>
> The easiest way to find out what each variable does is to ensure SWAT 
> is
> running on your samba server and use your webrowser to hit SWAT
> http://linux:901.  Of course, you'll need to have SWAT configured 
> correctly
> to allow you access.  Anyway, once you're in SWAT, click on the 
> GLOBALS icon
> to view the Global Variables.  click the "help" link next to each 
> variable
> that you want to find out more information about.
>
> Otherwise, go to the samba.org website and dig up the documentation.
>
> Dwight...
>
>
>
>
> [global]
>
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
> 	workgroup = LIHOLIHO
> 	netbios name = linux
>
> << this workgroup should be the same as your Win2K boxes >>
>
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
> 	server string = Linux Server
>
> # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
> # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
> 	printcap name = /etc/printcap
> 	load printers = yes
>
> # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
> /etc/passwd
> # otherwise the user "nobody" is used
> 	guest account = fileserver
>
> << this username will be used for access to services/shares that have 
> "guest
> ok" set.  the appropriate rights should be given to the 
> files/directories
> you want this user to access. >>
>
> # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
> # that connects
> 	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>
> # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
> 	max log size = 50
>
> # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
> # security_level.txt for details.
> 	security = share
>
> << share level security means that your clients don't need to log on 
> with a
> valid username/password before connecting to a share...you should use 
> this
> if you use usernames on the Win2K box that don't exist on the unix box.
> basically, the client sends a password on a per-share basis and samba 
> does a
> bunch of checks to find the correct username associated with that 
> password.
> since your share is configured with "guest ok" then samba verifies 
> that the
> guest account username "fileserver" is being used.  there's a whole 
> pile of
> stuff to read in the samba documentation about security level >>
>
> # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
> # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
> # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
> 	encrypt passwords = yes
> 	smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> << you are using password encryption; verify that you have created
> usernames/passwords in the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file that matches
> usernames/passwords being sent from Win2K...either that or you have to 
> set
> the security level to server/domain to cause samba to authenticate 
> using a
> third server >>
>
> # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
> # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
> 	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>
> # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
> # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
> Server
> 	wins support = yes
>
> # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS 
> names
> # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
> # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
> 	dns proxy = no
>
> #============================ Share Definitions
> ==============================
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	browseable = no
> 	writeable = yes
> 	create mask = 664
> 	directory mask = 775
>
> [fileserver]
> 	comment = File Server
> 	path = /var/fileserver
> 	writeable = yes
> 	guest ok = yes
> 	browseable = yes
>
> # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
> # specifically define each individual printer
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	browseable = no
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
> 	printable = yes
>
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