I am newbie in linux. any one can tell me how to a add valid user in samba?

Thanks!

If you want to only allow specific users access to a share, add the valid users option

Mathieu's forgotten to give you some extra information.

The file you need to add the [myshare] area to is usually /ect/samba/smb.conf

You should change valid users = mary fred to

valid users = (whatever usernames you want to use)

When you're done, you need to save the file.

Then, you must open a command prompt (or console) and type in

smbpasswd -a username
Substituting "username" with whatever username you included in your smb.conf file.

It'll ask for a password; give it whatever you want to use as a password. Hit enter again and you're set, you have SAMBA configured and ready to run. You will have to restart the SAMBA service, so that it will read the new configuration.

Thanks Mathieu and sickboylives.

I really appreciate it.