<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">samba: as usual, authentication is a problem. Create the file share, can't login. setup password with smbpasswd, no authentication. didn't change anything with the breezy samba configuration. It would be nice to have authentication problems handled when a shares created. again, what's the magic incantation allowing one to login to a samba share? </blockquote></div> Sorry I can't help you with all the security issues, but I have just figured out how to setup samba on a trusted LAN and will list the parameters here in case it is useful for someone. My incantation in this example is "all for one and one for all". In the /etc/samba/smb.conf file: [global] workgroup = windows_workgroup_name restrict anonymous = no server string = what_windows_will_see security = share "security = share": This is not the default, but suggested in Suse Yast program for home network/SOHO. It allows everyone to see all the shares before asking for a password. Passwords done by share and not user. [share1] path = /path/to/share guest ok = yes (trusted LAN, remember...) read only = no (ditto) In addition, these items are useful to add to the share section if you'd like all the files there to have the same owner (not "nobody", for example), the same group and would like all files and directories to be created with the same permissions (yes, this is a home network). force user = user_name force group = users guest account = same_user_name (needed?) force directory mode = 0775 force create mode = 0775 cheers, KB