[hblug] samba win2k issues

[Daniel Faulknor]

chris morris wrote:
> My win2k box cannot access the samba shares on this kubuntu64 box.
> I've set the username and password to be exactly the same on both 
> machines.
> All machines are using the same workgroup.
> When browsing the lan from win2k I can see this kubuntu64 box but when 
> I try to access it win2k prompts for username and password. It does 
> not accept any that I've tried.
> Win2k can however access the samba shares on my other (32bit) linux 
> box ( same username and pw )
>
> So far googling this problem has only told me that I must have the 
> same usernames and passwords.
>
> any ideas?
>
Have you made sure to run smbpasswd to add the user into the samba user 
database?