I have been having a heck of a time trying to setup samba with "security share" I have the following shares and related config files defined yet windows 95/98 clients get password rejected when trying to connect to the shares. However I have found that if I call the share the same as the user in the valid user parameter the can connect fine. I have tried the "username map" parameter thinking that perhaps the client's where sending mp3private/mp3public as the username. not that a username should be required on a share security level ) I have no idea why this is happening. Is this how share level works? Must shares be named the same as the username? Below is all my config. Directory Access: drwxr-xr-x 8 mp3admin mp3admin 512 Jan 25 17:22 mp3 SMB.CONF file: [global] workgroup = OURGROUP server string = MP3 File Server log file = /var/log/log.%m max log size = 50 security = share encrypt passwords = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY dns proxy = no [mp3private] comment = MP3 Archive Administrative Access path = /mp3 valid users = mp3admin public = no writeable = yes [mp3public] comment = MP3 Archive Public Access path = /mp3 valid users = mp3guest public = no writeable = no SMB Password File: mp3admin:1001:B897D9EF6C1BCA32AAD3B435B51404EE:1113F5D5D14D9501D1534DB89B3F2 C80:[U ]:LCT-388D6C48:Nik... mp3guest:1002:6AC10AC7A9D7D186AAD3B435B51404EE:2059DAA6D1CB7DBE5F8F2D7AB6B68 3B6:[U ]:LCT-388D6C4E:Nik....