I've some problem with the configuration of two samba server. I've to PC, a laptot with debian etch samba 3.0.20b (PC2) wich with security=user always give me timeout, with security=share it works. The second a little home server with debian sarge (stable) samba 3.0.14a that with security=user and map to guest = Bad User, always let mi to mount the shared resource (if the username and password are correct it accept the login as the user specified, in any other combination, good username:bad password ecc.., it map the client to the guest account) The config file are exactly the same as described below. why the two server doesn't have the same bheaviour. -----------CONF FILE------------------ [global] case sensitive = yes default case = lower preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes client lanman auth = no client ntlmv2 auth = yes client plaintext auth = no lanman auth = no ntlm auth = yes csc policy = disable disable netbios = yes display charset = UTF8 workgroup = universo server string = %h server [%i](Samba %v) guest account = nobody hide dot files = yes hide unreadable = yes inherit acls = yes inherit owner = yes inherit permissions = yes restrict anonymous = yes map to guest = Bad User log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m syslog = 3 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = user encrypt passwords = true invalid users = root load printers = no socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 -----------DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMB.CONF----------- comm -3 smb.192.168.5.50 smb.192.168.5.1 ; inherit owner = yes inherit owner = yes as the 3.0.14a-Debian doesn't recognize the inherit owner option -----------FROM PC1(Samba 3.0.14a-Debian) to PC2(3.0.20b-Debian)------------ smbclient -L 192.168.5.50 Password: session setup failed: Call timed out: server did not respond after 20000 milliseconds -----------FROM PC2(3.0.20b-Debian) to PC1(Samba 3.0.14a-Debian)------------ smbclient -L 192.168.5.1 Password: Domain=[IOBAA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-Debian] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- IPC$ IPC IPC Service (iobaa server [192.168.5.1] (Samba 3.0.14a-Debian)) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (iobaa server [192.168.5.1] (Samba 3.0.14a-Debian)) Domain=[IOBAA] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.14a-Debian] Server Comment --------- ------- Workgroup Master --------- ------- UNIVERSO EUROPA