David, You will need to add a user account to your linux system (ie adduser <username>). You will then need to ensure that password encryption in smb.conf file has been turned on (or similarly the windows registry has been hacked to avoid this). Then set up a smbpasswd for this new user account. Under global settings in smb.conf change this (if not already changed):
encrypt passwords = yes Then add this line (strangely it wasn't in my smb.conf file and I had to manually add it): smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smpasswd I was quite confused by all of this (and still am to be totally honest). Note that this will allow the Windows XP machine to see the home dir created when you did the adduser. I'm not sure how to set it up so that that Windows user can see the home dir and any other dirs that you might want them to. I'm only newish to samba, so I hope i've told you the right stuff, if I haven't I apologise. I'm sure someone will correct my faux pais. Good luck, hope I helped. Dave -----Original Message----- From: David Sanders To: Debian Users; David Pastern Sent: 26/09/2002 6:30 Subject: smb.conf on Debian I set up a SMB share on a Debian 3.0 machine with this config: /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = SANDERS [test] comment = For testing only path = /data/test browseable = yes read only = no guest ok = yes When I try to access the share from Windows XP, I get this error: "The account is not authorized to log in from this station." What do I need to do? It doesn't ask for a password or anything. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]