i have two computers. one has windows and the other computer(whose name is "Frodo") has redhat 9.

i am trying to make one directory from linux accessible to windows by using samba.

the problem is that i can see computer name in WorkGroup in windows. but when i try to browse, i get this prompt

incorrect password or unknown username for:
\\Frodo
Connect As:
Password:

I have different username and password for windows and linux.
so i tried windows's and linux's Administrator's password. none of them worked.

i can't figure it out. here is my smb.conf

[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
load printers = yes
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
obey pam restrictions = yes
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
encrypt passwords = yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.100
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
wins proxy = yes
dns proxy = no
netbios name = frodo
browseable = yes
netbios aliases = frodo
server string = samba server
printing = cups
default = public
path = /tmp/download
unix password sync = Yes
workgroup = WORKGROUP
os level = 20
valid users = adm Administrator admin
printcap name = /etc/printcap
security = user
max log size = 0
pam password change = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
valid users = %S
create mode = 0664
directory mode = 0775



[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
printable = yes

[public]
printable = no
writeable = yes
public = yes
guest only = yes
path = /home



thanks in advance.

Hi

To use samba, there has to be a valid (user) account on the linux maschine and with the same username under samba. From the windows maschine, a user can now login with this account on linux/samba.

Use:

to add a linux user to samba.

(If the windows-user uses his windows username and password on linux + samba, he would spare the extra samba login when conntecting to the samba share).

if i add a user with this command, "/usr/bin/smbpasswd -a <username>", then how should i add password?

Hi

smbpasswd should ask about the password.

If the user dosn't exist, there will be some error message about this fact -- but just proceed and the new samba user will be created.

See also man smbpasswd

This helped me - thanks! Windows kept on asking/prompting for the login username and password when I tried to access the samba shares. I thought that on Ubuntu 9.04 when you created a Share using shares-admin that it will automatically add that user to the samba users, but it didnt you have to do the smbpasswd as shown in the quote above. Thank you for posting this (even though its old )