Unless you are auth'ing against LDAP/AD you need to create a "Samba" user. Samba doesn't use the host auth mechanism.
On my server slicing out storage for some security DVR's, I made a local user then #smbpasswd -a unixusername. I can send you my conf files if you need offline. What distro are you using? HTH, jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
