[Tfug] Got a weird Samba issue...

[Rich]

Jim,
Just set it up the way Windows wants it: guest, no password. This is  
a bug in Samba, where "bug" == "unexpected behaviour". When you  
replace a Windows file share with Samba, you don't expect it to go  
asking for passwords by default.

Although it's insecure, it's a hell of a lot more secure than what  
you replaced!

R.


On Sep 2, 2007, at 3:09 am, Jim March wrote:

> I recently had a close encounter with what's probably the worst file
> server in Tucson.
>
> Athlon XP 1.6 CPU, 128megs memory running, I kid you not, Win98.  At a
> friend's law office.  Ye Gods.  Needed it's daily reboot or it would
> freeze up like Sylvester Stallone would if you handed him a REAL gun.
> OK, that had to go.
>
> So I've set up a basic little Ubuntu server out of it after adding
> 512megs RAM :).  There's only five desks total in a small law office
> and it's a low-bandwidth situation so that'll do for now.
>
> I got Samba running, did some shares, it's all good.  Even got a
> working USB connection to a new APC UPS :).
>
> But.
>
> The Windows stations don't want to auto-reconnect to the shares while
> remembering the username/password they're supposed to use.  Each boot
> of the WinXP boxes, they need to be manually connected to at least one
> share and the password entered - then everything's fine.
>
> Ehhh...huh?
>
> Any clues welcome...
>
> Jim
>
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