[lug] Authentication with Samba

[Hugh Brown]

I have some entries in my smb.conf that allow me to do a couple of things
(I must add that I am using windows 95 and that I have it set to do a MS
Network Login automatically with Powertools to my wife's account).

The homes entry creates a share named /home/wife/samba that is a share that
only my wife can get to.  The images directory allows either me or my wife
access to a share on my linux box.

Once I have set those shares up, in windows I go to network neighborhood
and find the shares, right click on them and choose the map network drive
and check the box that says reconnect at login.

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        path = %H/samba
        username = %S
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
        create mask = 0750
        only user = Yes
        browseable = No
[images]
        comment = images
        path = /backup/images
        username = wife,me
        valid users = wife,me
        only user = Yes
        wide links = No
        read only = No


HTH,

Hugh



> 
> I have a SuSE 6.3 machine as a samba server that I'm trying to get my
> wife's windows machine to log into.  I have the .bat file with the net
> use h: \\server\user and it does run when she logs in but it doesn't map
> the drive.  It gives an "Error 67: The specified shared directory cannot
> be found.  Make sure you have specified the network name correcty....." 
> yet when I type the same exact net use line in at a dos prompt, it maps
> the drive just fine.  Is this a problem anyone has run into before?  Is
> this even a linux issue?  If anyone can help me out I'd appreciate it. 
> Thanks.
>