Samba signon question

[Martin J Hooper]

tudza wrote:
> I have Samba running and I know where to find the smb.conf file.  I know 
> this because my Kubuntu machine shows up and it shows up in the 
> workgroup MSHOME as I set it by editing the smb.conf file.
> 
> Now the problem is when I click on the link in my Windows machine I get 
> a username and password dialogue, but typing in my username and password 
> for my Kubuntu machine does now allow access.
> 
> What do I do about this?
> 

You may need to set up a Samba password on the Linux box.

smbpasswd -a <user> I think is the command.  Check out the Samba docs 
though.