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smb share +winxp login

I am trying to login to an smb share from an xp machine, when it prompts for creds I use my linux user creds and I can't get it to take them, this is a copy of the smb.conf. I thought this should share my /home/trace/share folder to the user trace, but when I try to connect to the share via a winxp machine, and I supply the creds for trace, it does not accept them. The user is trace and the box is trace so on a whim i tried trace@trace and the password and that didn't work either. Can anyone see what the issue is?

Code:

        

        [share]

        comment = share

        path = /home/trace/share

        valid users = trace

        public = no

        writable = yes

        printable = no

        create mask = 0765

make sure you do:
I am assuming you are using security = user in the global area.

smbpasswd -a username = add user to smb files

smbpasswd -e username = enables smb user

Look at "smbpasswd -h"

first check in the linux machine itself whether you could access the share:

1.from the linux machine type: smbclient -L //<linux_machine_ip> -U trace
password: <trace passwd>
2.if you can see the share, good, then..
3.smbclient //<linuxmachineip>/share -U trace
Password:

hope you will now get the prompt..
smb:>

if you are not getting check selinux or the password set for the sambauser (trace)

if everything is okay, you may proceed with windows machine.