> This process has never required an smbpasswd file on any other system > I've set it up on. Except this one. I seriously doubt this. I *strongly* recommend you stop working on your computer and go away and read this : http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ This should help with some of the underlying concepts.
Hmm.. I guess I better call the last two places I set up Samba servers for, and tell them to stop using them because (according to you) they don't work.
You did however point out something I was overlooking, and need to reinvestigate. (a bit of a forehead slap on this one).
Beyond that: You are a poster child for the anti-open source software group. It's sad that a request for help is met with attitudes such as yours, and become confrontational.
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