Hi Keith, I've seen this before. Adding a password to the accounts on the windows machines and using the same login/password in your samba setup should resolve it.
Regards, Anthony On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 18:33 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote: > Sorry if I seem a bit dim, but I am getting on a bit. > > I've recently installed broadband using a desktop PC and a laptop which > are wirelessly connected connected to my router. I have a separate > machine running Ubuntu without a wireless card and so that is connected > to the router via an ethernet cable. > > The first time I tried, I was able to access both the Windows machines > from Ubuntu once I had installed Samba. Since then, however, when I try > to access the Windows network I am asked for a password (which I have > never set). My usual Ubuntu login password is not accepted. > > I would be obliged if someone could tell me how to proceed. > > Many thanks, > > Keith. > > > -- > Keith Bowerman, > Prestwood, South Staffs, England. > Using Ubuntu 5.10 on a Linux only machine. > > -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk