samba problems

[Paul]

Yes to all...did smbpasswd -a and smbpasswd -e (several times) and share is 
browsable.  No luck.  Still get the windoze error.
Paul

On Monday 04 August 2008 6:02:56 David Meireles wrote:
> Sorry, my bad... Ok then, if the username and password in the Windows
> box are the same in the Ubutnu box (and you have to do a "smbpasswd -e
> user" and "smbpasswd -a user" to enable the linux user in the samba
> environment) and the share is browseable, you should be able to access
> it. You could try something to see if you could bypass that access
> denied warning... try to map the share in the windows pc and set that up
> to use the correct credentials
>
> Paul escreveu:
> > My original post described the situation I'm trying to achieve. 
> > Specifically, I want to give share access to a single windows user and
> > not to others. However at the moment, from the windows side, I get a
> > dialog telling me access is denied with no opportunity to provide a
> > username or password. Paul
> >
> > On Monday 04 August 2008 5:06:45 David Meireles wrote:
> >> Hi.
> >> I think you have to add the following options to you share defenition
> >>
> >> public = yes
> >> browseable = yes
> >> guest ok = yes
> >> Force user = some user @ the server # Don't know if this one will be
> >> needed, but try
> >>
> >> And of course, you'll have to have the "security = share" definition in
> >> the [general] part of smb.conf
> >>
> >> Paul escreveu:
> >>> On Sunday 03 August 2008 11:48:13 Karl Auer wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 11:36 -0400, Paul wrote:
> >>>>> OK, I am now able to access the share from the linux box, but not
> >>>>> from the windows box.
> >>>>
> >>>> How *exactly* are you attempting to connect, and what *exactly* is
> >>>> happening that is not what you expect?
> >>>
> >>> I've been going thru network neighborhood/windows exploder.  The share
> >>> is shown, but when I attempt select the share (HD3), I'm met with the
> >>> following error dialog:
> >>>
> >>> \\tpt41\HD3 is not accessible.  You might not have permission to use
> >>> this network resource.  Contact the administrator...
> >>>
> >>> Access is denied.
> >>>
> >>> I would expect to at least get a user/password dialog before the error
> >>> message.
> >>>
> >>>>> [HD3]
> >>>>> path = /media/hd3/
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this the share the Windows user is trying to access?
> >>>
> >>> Yes
> >>>
> >>> Paul