[Tfug] Got a weird Samba issue...

[Jim March]

What I did was, I put a link to one of the server directories into
Windows startup.  That way on boot Windows asks for a password which
they all know, they enter it, they're good until next reboot.

Odd.

Jim

On 9/4/07, Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> wrote:
> I've been living with this same problem for several years, and bottom line
> appears to be as Rich says - you just live with it.  If anyone has a clue
> as to why the samba folks don't get this to work right ("bug" or
> "unexpected behavior") I'd like to know.  To me this flies in the face of
> free software's claim that broken things are fixed quickly.  As I said,
> I've been living with this for years now.
>
> Also, if anyone knows how to make this work as "expected", that would be
> nice to know as well.
>
> (different) Jim
>
> At 04:05 PM 9/2/2007 -0700, Rich wrote:
> >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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