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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>> I know the password is still recognized "somewhere" <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>in the op system, because I have a direct link from my <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>Windows XP to a file folder called "Test" on the Ubuntu machine. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>To open the link requires entering my password. I can open <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>the Test folder over the link using my correct password, and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>I can copy files back and forth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Passwords for the user account, and for samba shares (if that’s what you're using) can all be different. Typically, you have to set them individually. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I install Ubuntu on many computers that I use as servers, and I have never seen a problem like this. Maybe you had the caps lock on during install? Whatever the problem, it's not normal for Ubuntu. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would try installing again. And it's always nice to have different ways to access a machine like ssh, and vnc, and of course the console.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>