samba version 3.0.20b I haven't made any changes in the samba config file, only added the user to a new group. The user is getting prompted for password ( I am using Active Directory) and here's the log. [2006/07/27 10:19:51, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) closed connection to service webshare [2006/07/27 10:22:01, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) connect to service collectionsweb initially as user user1 (uid=46838, gid=12744) (pid 9182) [2006/07/27 10:33:06, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(835) closed connection to service webshare [2006/07/27 10:34:59, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(662) connect to service webshare initially as user user1 (uid=46838, gid=12744) (pid 9811) [2006/07/27 10:38:01, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_pipe_bind_req(1006) api_pipe_bind_req: unknown auth type 9 requested. [2006/07/27 10:38:02, 1] smbd/fake_file.c:open_fake_file(114) open_fake_file_shared: access_denied to service[webshare] file[$Extend/$Quota:$Q:$INDEX_ALLOCATION]