was donna any help? 

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> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ray Shahan
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:31 AM
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> Subject: SAMBA tips for newbies that have WINDOWS XP
> 
> Hi all,
> 
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> 
>  
> 
>             We finally got SAMBA to work here, and I thought 
> I'd share a
> couple of things I found out for those folks who may be looking to try
> SAMBA (do it, it's cool).
> 
>  
> 
>             First, I know nothing about NETWORKING (on the hp or
> WINDOWS), but I had seven things in my corner:
> 
>                         
> 
> 1)       Donna Garverick  (thanks, donna)
> 
> 2)       Some really good documentation within the SAMBA
> directories/files (thanks Lars Appel) and the internet 
> (thanks everybody
> else)
> 
> 3)       Donna from the hp3000 list (thanks, donna)
> 
> 4)       The 3000 list (thanks to all who helped  - special thanks to
> Raymond Legault)
> 
> 5)       Donna Hofmeister (thanks, donna)
> 
> 6)       Tutorials on SAMAB, VI and UNIX/LINUX/POSIX on the 
> WEB that are
> very good, and for the most part, easy to follow (thanks Cyber Geeks) 
> 
> 7)       Donna at Long's Drugs (thanks, donna)
> 
>  
> 
> Second, if I could do this, all of us can, and believe me, 
> it's a really
> cool product - you can see/create/access files on your hp 
> from a PC just
> as if your hp was another WINDOWS server on your network (I 
> still don't
> know squat about networks and windows servers, though).  
> There are some
> really good uses for this product - like having users access data in
> folder/files on the hp via XCEL or ACCESS instead of printing 
> that data
> on a report.  We can (and should have done this years ago) have the hp
> act/look like a WINDOWS server, so folks can then take the 
> data they've
> accessed and send it by email, cut-paste it into WORD docs, 
> whatever (I
> could go on, but you get the point).
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> The config file that comes with SAMBA is just about 90% complete, you
> just need to create you own share(s) (I'll include a copy of one), set
> your hp's IP address, and a couple of other small changes specific to
> your installation (and those changes are well documented inside of the
> SAMBA config file).  
> 
>  
> 
> 1) One very important point for WINDOWS XP users is that you must use
> ENCRYPT PASSWORDS = YES in your SAMBA config file. This is where I got
> killed over and over again (then donna tirelessly saved me - 
> yo, donna,
> thanks) - without this turned on, you will not get anywhere.  
> 
>  
> 
> 2) You'll also need to understand that the USER.ACCT you 
> setup in SAMBA
> will need to be a USER.ACCT that exists on the hp, however 
> (and this is
> major), the password you setup for the USER.ACCT in SAMBA has 
> nothing to
> do with the password for the same user on the hp (you may want to use
> the same password in SAMBA as the hp, but use a lowercase 
> version of the
> hp password (yes, SAMBA cares about the case)).
> 
>  
> 
> 3) Set your SECURITY = SHARE in the SAMBA config file, so 
> anyone logging
> in has to supply the correct password to gain access to a 
> share (see 2).
> 
>  
> 
> 4) Another XP issue - When you get the password dialogue box from
> WINDOWS on your PC (when trying to access a folder/file on 
> the hp), just
> ignore the User Name box (it'll likely be filled in with
> servername/GUEST), and just enter the password (in the password box)
> that you setup within SAMBA (repeat this to yourself over and over).
> 
>  
> 
> Here is an example of a share and how to set it up in the SAMBA config
> file (it really is about this simple):  Notice that the users 
> are setup
> as hp username.acct
> 
>  
> 
> [Myshare]
> 
>  
> 
> comment = Abstract Department Files
> 
>  
> 
> browseable = yes
> 
> guest ok = no
> 
> write ok = no
> 
> username = barbara.ptc john.ptc
> 
> valid users = barbara.ptc john.ptc
> 
> only user = yes
> 
>  
> 
> path = /SAMBA/SHR/Myshare
> 
>  
> 
> Ok, a few other pointers that will help:
> 
>  
> 
> a)       You'll need to use VI as your editor to modify your smb.conf
> config file...don't worry, it's actually pretty cool once you get used
> to it (beats the snot out of EDIT3000 and/or the Business 
> BASIC editor).
> So here's a WEB page that helped me get started and another one that's
> got some good cheats (don't get put off by the second one - 
> just try the
> first WEB page, then move on to the next one).  Oh, and DON'T TOUCH
> THOSE CURSER KEYS!   8-)
> 
>  
> 
> http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html#intro
> 
>             
> 
> http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi.html#search
> 
>  
> 
> b)       Here are a couple of links for help with POSIX (again, it's
> cool once you get going)
> 
>  
> 
> http://invent9k.external.hp.com/~csy/cmds.cgi?mpe=summary     
>   (This is
> an hp to posix command cross-ref)
> 
>  
> 
> http://codex.wordpress.org/UNIX_Shell_Skills   (This is a 
> great tutorial
> for UNIX beginners - really, it'll get you going - just scroll about
> half way down the page for some basic but useful commands you may use)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Alright, I truly hope others will try this (it'll help you in your
> futures - trust me on this), and if there's anything I can do to help
> (while my miserable memory has any retention of what I've 
> done), please
> don't hesitate to ask.  You can do this all in a few hours (really!!),
> and once you get it going, you'll look at your hp in a whole new light
> (donna's words, and she's correct).  Imagine, if you will, 
> dragging the
> contents of a file on the hp onto your desktop (or even from your
> desktop to the hp)!!  Or creating a file with SUPRTOOL and OUTPUT =
> filename,PRN - your users can then just open XCEL ,and import 
> that comma
> delimited file right off the hp and into XCEL in seconds!
> 
>  
> 
> Ok, I've ranted enough - my next challenge (if I get the time and
> chance) APACHE WEB SERVER for the hp.
> 
>  
> 
> As always, if I've misstated/omitted something, please do help correct
> it, and TIA for your input.
> 
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> Have a great weekend!
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