Samba server problem

[Tom H]

> I have a server and have attempted to make a share available to windows users.
> My problem is that a windows user "Janice" can login to her "home" share.
> But cannot log in to the "Windata" share.

> patton at tome:~$ ls -l /raid/Windata
> total 40
> drwxrw-r--  9 patton users 4096 2009-09-19 22:11 All Users
...

> One thing about this. When I created the user account,
> I did not add janice to the group "users".
> I did that and am able to connect from the "janice" account
> on the ubuntu desktop machine.
> But it still does not connect from her windows machine.

> patton at tome:~$ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
> [global]
>        workgroup = HOME
>        server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
>        map to guest = Bad User
>        obey pam restrictions = Yes
>        passdb backend = tdbsam
>        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>        unix password sync = Yes
>        syslog = 0
>        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>        max log size = 1000
>        printcap name = cups
>        dns proxy = No
>        wins support = Yes
>        usershare allow guests = Yes
>        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>
> [homes]
>        comment = Home Directories
>        read only = No
>        browseable = No
>
> [Windata]
>        comment = Home File Archives
>        path = /raid/Windata
>        read only = No
>        guest ok = Yes

Run "smbclient -L 127.0.0.1" to make sure that Windata is shared out.

Add "log level = 3" to your global section, remove "guest ok = Yes"
from your windata section, restart samba, and check /var/log/samba/
after a logon failure by janice.