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> Hello folks. > > I've set up a linux laptop running Ubuntu and want to access its files > from a windows network via samba. Unfortunately I've little idea what I > am doing. I have shared a folder and can see it from the linux side as > part of the windows "HOME" workgroup. (Wish I'd kept the workgroup's > name as MSHOME but there you go). I can also see the share under > windows but when I try to open it I am prompted for a password which is > not recognised. 1. You should be able to rename the Linux box's workgroupname without any real issues... 2. smbpasswd -a username (iirc) will add a given user account to the samba password list > I imagine I need to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf somehow but apart from > correcting the workgroup name as above I am not clear how to go about it > as I know nothing about authentication protocols. There is a lot of documenation on http://www.samba.org/ that should help.. however the above two notes should help... HTH If you need more guidance, drop in to #DCLUG on irc.flashtek-uk.com sometime.. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html