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  From: luke <linuxsa@chipcity.com.au>
  To  : linuxsa@Elizabeth.netcraft.com.au
  Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:25:06 +0900

logging on as me or root

Hi,

One day I'd like to connect to my network from bootROM or a bootFLOPPY
running LINUX but for the moment I've got the following problems.

1. Running Samba from my linux server, I've created a section in the
smb.conf file:
[lukesdir]
  	comment = bla
	path = /
	valid users = luke
	public = no
	writable = yes
	printable = no

When I try to log on from (dare I say it) a W95 machine, creating a mapped
network drive from Windows Explorer, I type in  my password *******, but it
doesn't get me through.

When I create a mapped networked drive for say user dj and type in his
password, it connects, of course that is connecting to a directory owned by
dj, whereas "/" is not owned by luke. So I changed the above line "valid
users = luke" to "valid users = root", and used the root password. Still no
luck.
What am I doing wrong?

2. Connecting from anywhere on the Internet to my own machine with telnet
as root doesn't work.
How do I do this? Anyone?