samba swat login problem

[Sarangan Thuraisingham / துரைசிங்கம் சாரங்கன்]

dave s wrote:
> Hello,
> 
[...]
> I get an authorisation dialogue for swat at localhost requesting a username & 
> password.
> 
> Having tried my login details (and failing) I googled and found smbpasswd
> 
> From root I tried
> smbpasswd -a dave
> 
> from dave I tried
> smbpasswd
> 
> and set up my swat password. but no matter what I try I keep getting 
> authentication failure.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what i am doing wrong ?
> 
> Cheers
> Dave
> 

May be you should mess about with your /etc/samba/smb.conf. Like always 
make a backup copy. I've uncommented these options in my smb.conf:
  security = user
  guest account = nobody

In one you shares try setting guest ok and browseable like this:
  [USB_Video]
     comment = Video Folder on USBHD
     path = /media/USB_HD/Video
     guest ok = yes
     writable =yes
     browseable = yes

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  - Saru
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