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selected with the mouse. If you activate Also Use SMB Information for Linux Authenti-
cation, the user authentication runs over the Samba server. After completing all settings,
click Finish to finish the configuration.
37.4.2 Windows 9x and ME
Windows 9x and ME already have built-in support for TCP/IP. However, this is not
installed as the default. To add TCP/IP, go to Control Panel > System and choose Add
> Protocols > TCP/IP from Microsoft. After rebooting your Windows machine, find
the Samba server by double-clicking the desktop icon for the network environment.
TIP
To use a printer on the Samba server, install the standard or Apple-PostScript
printer driver from the corresponding Windows version. It is best to link this
to the Linux printer queue, which accepts Postscript as an input format.
37.5 Samba as Login Server
In networks where predominantly Windows clients are found, it is often preferable that
users may only register with a valid account and password. In a Windows-based network,
this task is handled by a primary domain controller (PDC). You can use a Windows
NT server configured as PDC, but this task can also be done with the help of a Samba
server. The entries that must be made in the [global] section of smb.conf are
shown in
Example 37.3 Global Section in smb.conf
If encrypted passwords are used for verification purposes—this is the default setting
with well-maintained MS Windows 9x installations, MS Windows NT 4.0 from service
pack 3, and all later products—the Samba server must be able to handle these. The entry
encrypt passwords = yes in the [global] section enables this (with Samba
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Example 37.3, "Global Section in smb.conf"
[global]
workgroup = TUX-NET
domain logons = Yes
domain master = Yes
(page 704).
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