Hi, I had the same problem as you described for both XP Home and XP Pro clients. Try the following settings in the [global] section of your smb.conf:
security = user encrypt passwords = yes I assume that you already have entries in smbpasswd for each of the users accessing the system. Hope this helps! Bryan ----- Ryan D. Hatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- ----- wrote on 2003-Nov-21: ------------------------------- > Hi everybody! > > I have a problem that I just cant seem to figure out. I am running > Windows XP Professional and I am trying to authenticate to my samba 3 > server. I type: > \\servername <file:///\\servername> into the run dialog box, and up > comes a list lf shares. When I click on the shares however, I am > prompted with the "Connect to servername" dialog box, but the username > is grayed out and it says: "servername\Guest". It prompts me for a > password, but I am unable to put in a correct username. I already have > ForceGuest turned off on my XP box. It is also interesting to know that > Windows 2000 boxes can connect and authenticate just fine at the > password prompt and are not forced to use the guest account. > Furthermore, I am able to connect just fine to other Windows 2000 boxes > from my XP box. (when doing so, it prompts me for a username and > password like normal). Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance! > > Ryan > > Here is a copy of my smb.conf: > > [global] > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > password server = None > security = SHARE > dns proxy = no > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writeable = yes > > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > printable = yes > > [music] > comment = music > path = /mnt/hdf/music > writeable = yes > > [applications] > comment = applications > path = /mnt/hdf/applications > writeable = yes > > [books] > comment = books > path = /mnt/hdf/books > writeable = yes > > [games] > comment = games > path = /mnt/hdf/games > writeable = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
