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On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > peter wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am trying to access one of my Ubuntu directories from my Windows >> computer. >> >> The drive comes up in the window$ screen, I click to open and I am >> invited to enter a user name and password. I put in peter (which is my >> user name on the Linux machine) and my password for peter, which is as >> far as I ever get. >> > It wants the Windows username and password, not your Ubuntu one. > Presumably the directory is setup for sharing from Windows? I would guess it wants a samba user name and password, presumably the share is not set to guest=yes which should avoid this. Alternatively use smbpassword to create a new samba user and password which can then be used from the windows box to login (uness you've got samba talking pam or something integrated) . Robin -- 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