Ok I have gone through the steps to create a SAMBA PDC. Problem is I can ping it from both sides just fine- but no Authinication.
I will in include my SMB.CONF file for you to look at.
ALso when I run "TESTPARM" iget an error massage about my password lines being bad. This is exactly how they said to setitup.???

I have disabled encryption on XP side in locale settings and restarted the box to make sure it took.

Can someone hlp me here?
I think I am real close to getting this thang to work.
Oh by the way I do LinNieghborhood and when I try to connect it to XP it just sits there like dumb.
ON XP side it say you might not have permission to use this drive ???

Here is the SMB.CONF

Date: 2003-06-16

[global]
server string = Samba PDC running %v
workgroup = SMIS
netbios name = Penguin
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
guest account = ikw38
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /ect/samba/smbpaswd
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n
*Please*retype*new*password* %n\n
*password*successfully*updated*
local master = yes
os level = 99
domain master = Yes
prefered master = yes
domain logons = Yes
logon home = \\%L\%U\
logon drive -H:
logon path = \\%L\profile\%U
time server = Yes
wins support = true


===Shares===
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775
[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/samba/netlogon
writeable = no
share modules = no

[profiles]
path = /home/samba/profiles
browseable = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
log level = 2
max log size = 50
host allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0


[Shared]
comment = shared folder for all users
path = /shared
browseable = yes
writeable = yes

[shared1]
comment = shared for users of group1
path = /shared1
browseable = no
writeable = yes
valid users = root,ikw38,kfw77,scott92,scruffy,max

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
browseable = No
writable = yes

[profiles]
path = /home/samba/profiles
writeable = yes
browseable = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700

[CDROM]
comment = Linux CD-ROM
path = /media/cdrom
locking = No
preexec = /bin/mount /media/cdrom
postexec = /bin/umount /media/cdrom

[printers]
guest account = ikw38
create mask = 0600
browseable = No
comment = All Printers
valid users = ikw38
printable = Yes
path = /var/tmp

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
write list = @ntadmin root
force group = ntadmin
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775

1) Which lines were giving you errors, and what did the erros say, exactly?

2) You have password encryption on in your smb.conf, and you said you turned off encryption on your xp box. You need to have them both on or both off.

3) Try remarking out some of the unnecessary lines with a semicolon. Start out with the basics and then add the fine tuning.

Should be

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpaswd

The path to the Samba password is wrong.

Check out these links. Go to the section on client configuration. XP needs some extra steps.

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tu...mba/index.html


http://networking.earthweb.com/netos...le.php/1144701

http://networking.earthweb.com/netos...le.php/1151091