Password/Username Prompt with Window network share!?!

[Chris]

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:22 +0300, Andis Lazdinsh wrote:
> You should also add your user name and password to samba. Search for 
> smbpasswd.
> 
> Andis
> 
> Chris wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I'm testing Xubuntu with the Alt CD on an old PC (Intel 810 chipset,
> > Celeron 600Mhz, 196MB RAM) and it works great!  I can't beleive how well
> > this "light" version of what seems like Gnome with a different window
> > manager>
> >
> > Anyway..I'm try to share out a folder or any resource that I can
> > transfer about 10GB of music to.  The issue is I can't seem to find the
> > controls to do this.
> >
> > I installed SMB and NTS, then opened a new folder on the Desktop.  Right
> > click and set the permissions and everything else that it look I can
> > set. I can't seem to find the place where you can set up Public or
> > Simple file sharing to open up the permissions so you don't need a
> > password or user name.
> >
> > I go to the Window XP machine...I can see this machine in the View
> > Workgroup Computer....but when I click on it it prompts me on a user
> > name and password?  What user name and password is it looking for.  I
> > tried the name of the Windows machine's password and user name...and the
> > username and password of the Xubuntu that I'm trying to connect to and
> > it won't let me in??  
> >
> > Where are all the equivilent controls for Xubuntu that Gnome has?
> > I've been working on this for 3 days now....doesn't anybody know what
> > the deal is with this?
> >
> > Thanks everybody,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >   
> 
Ok Andis....what is it a text configuration file?  Does this make it so
that the remote uses doen't need a password/username to gain access?
Chris