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["Sheldon Isaac" <sisaac AT netaxs.com>]

On 23 Nov 2004 at 16:08, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> I wonder if the encrypt passwords line in smb.conf 
> is really necessary.  What happens if you delete it?

At first I thought that meant delete smb.conf , which I did by renaming 
it.

Still works fine, just says it can't find smb.conf , but goes ahead an 
connects  and so forth.

Now I made a new  /etc/smb.conf   with only a newline in it.

smbclient -L asus    works fine

I made a file in  /usr/local/bin  called   bu  (as in backup)

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cd /root
smbclient \\\\asus\\E  password < /root/bcparms
ls -l bcpdata.zip
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Here's /root/bcparms

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ls bcpdata.zip
get bcpdata.zip
q
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The idea was to make a backup on the  other   computer of a zipped backup 
of data regarding the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia.

So when I say on the BL3.32   other   computer

. bu

smbclient  connects  to the Win98   asus   computer
shows the directory listing for E:\bcpdata.zip
gets it
exits

And  ls  shows the directory listing for /root/bcpdata.zip

I hope to learn how to use  smb.conf , so as to do things better.

Thanks again,

Sheldon