authentication problem in samba

[srini]

Hi all

i have configured samba succssesfuly but when i try to access the linux machine with authentication it opens I.e, am able to see the shared folder from xp machine, but if i try to open am getting an (folder is not accessible or you do not have suffcient privilage contact your administrator)

Awaiting your feedbacks thanks in advance

Regards
Srini

[nixweb.org]

I don't claim to be a samba expert. But, if I remember correctly the last time a buddy of mine was having problems with it he had to create a user on both machines with the same password and then everything worked fine.

You may give it a spin and see what happens.

Also make sure that the linux domain and windows workgroup are the same.

[ynilesh]

When its ask for authentication, which username and password are you trying ? Is it the one which you configured on server or your local host username and password.

Whenever you share something, to give access to your you need to create samba user.

/usr/bin/smbpasswd -a username password

and check whichever folder you are sharing, user have read/write/execute permissions as per your need.

Let us know if it works.