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Note: This is only one of many steps to get password
encryption to work. The simplest way to get around this issue (if you don’t have a
Win NT server in your network) is to disable the encrypted passwords option in Windows. To
do this, insert a Windows or DOS formatted floppy disk into the A drive (OK, the /dev/fd0
drive), and run the following command: This is only one of many steps to get password
encryption to work. The simplest way to get around this issue (if you don’t have a
Win NT server in your network) is to disable the encrypted passwords option in Windows. To
do this, insert a Windows or DOS formatted floppy disk into the A drive (OK, the /dev/fd0
drive), and run the following command:
mcopy /usr/doc/samba-2.0.2/docs/Win95_PlainPassword.reg a:
Now insert this disk in drive A of every Win 9x machine, open the
drive through My Computer and double click on the .reg file. Then reboot the machine, and
Windows will no longer use encrypted passwords by default (though it will use them if a
server requests it).
- Save the file by pressing Ctrl-KX.
You will be returned to the shell prompt
You will be returned to the shell prompt
And that’s it. Now all you need to do is restart the SMB
services with the command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
Your server is now ready for business.
The setup outline above is suitable for LANs where you don’t
have a Win NT machine acting as a PDC. If you already have a domain logon by a Win NT
machine, you can set up your Samba server to participate in the network with full
authentication being performed by the PDC. Adding support for this involves a few
additional steps, which we’ll get to in a moment.
Using SWAT
SWAT is a Web-based, fully graphical
interface to the Samba configuration file. It’s available only on Samba version 2 and
above. Once you have Samba installed, you can access it at http://<yourmachinename>:901.
Once you have SWAT running in front of you, spend some time reading
the various articles that are available from the first (home) page. Pay attention to the
article "Joining an NT Domain with Samba 2.0" appearing at the bottom of the
list. It details the steps you need to take to make your Linux machine and Samba join the
Win NT domain, so that users are validated not by the Linux box but by the Win NT server.
SWAT additionally allows you to perform tasks such as restarting the
Samba daemons remotely each time you modify the configuration file.
SWAT provides two basic views to each set of entries it allows you
to edit: default and advanced. In many cases, you’ll be able to make configuration
changes from within the default view, but a new setup generally requires that you modify
settings in the advanced view. Don’t feel intimidated by the sheer number of options
available in the advanced view. The essential changes that you are required to make to a
default configuration have been outlined above. Once you have made the necessary changes,
click on the "commit changes" button, and restart the smb daemon.
Samba is an extremely complex piece of software, and it will take
you time to learn the intricacies of it. What is described here is no more than a
kick-start to get you going the first time. Extensive documentation is available, on the
Web as well as with your Red Hat 5.2 installation in the /usr/doc directory.
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