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