[KLUG Members] At odds with Samba

[Adam Williams]

>works.  Seems that the password program was directed to the wrong place.
>It was as follows:
>passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>this did not allow the user in, but
>passwd program = /bin/passwd
>did. Hurrah!!! 

"allow the user in?  The "passwd program" parameter only effects the 
ability of a user to change their passwd, not gain initial access.  

Possibly you made some other change previously, thought it didn't help,  
made this change, and restarted samba (having forgot to do so after the 
previous change) and  it worked;  and you attributing success to the wrong 
change?  I know I've done this several times myself.

>Now so I don't feel to good, is there any reason this should not be left
>this way?

If it works, why not?  Just verify that {invalidUser}:{invalidpassword}, 
{validuser}:{nopassword}, {invaliduser}:{nopassword} and 
{validuser}:{invalid password} don't work.

>Again thanks for all the help getting Win98 to see Linux, now I need the
>other direction as well.

That part is easy.  Go into nautilus and type smb://{win98 machine name}

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