I have been using security=share and guest account = ftp and guest = ok in most of my smb.conf since I am just a home user. I decided to make security = user and set up one password protected share, like so: [global] encrypt passwords = yes netbios name = HAMMER2 interfaces = 192.168.0.2 security = user log level = 3 guest account = ftp strict sync = Yes [jlh] comment = Home path = /mnt/hda4/jlh read only = no [AllFiles] comment = All Files path = / read only = Yes guest ok = Yes Everything goes fine with: smbmount //hammer2/jlh /mnt/NetWork/HAMMER2/jlh -o username=jlh password=aaaa The share jlh is mounted. When I cd into that share and run ls, there is a long delay (perhaps 15 seconds) before the files will list. With KDE (kfm), I cannot list any files in directory /mnt/hda4/jlh. kfm complains the directory is locked. However, if I mount share AllFiles as a guest user, I can easily list directory /mnt/hda/jlh quickly and easily with ls and with kde. I have run smbpasswd on this server and entered in the proper user name and password. Here are some things from my log. It looks like jlh is getting registered as a guest user. smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(980) Defaulting to Lanman password for jlh smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1018) Registered username jlh for guest access <---seems odd smbd/process.c:process_smb(860) Transaction 3 of length 69 smbd/process.c:switch_message(667) switch message SMBtconX (pid 28729) smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(321) setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0 lib/access.c:check_access(307) check_access: no hostnames in host allow/deny list. lib/access.c:check_access(318) Allowed connection from (192.168.0.6) smbd/password.c:authorise_login(898) authorise_login: ACCEPTED: guest account and guest ok (ftp) Any insight appreciated. Joel