Ok, I think I found the solution, running smbpasswd <username> and the <username> needs to exists in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, enter the password and use that password to access the files via Windows. - Mike ---------- original message ---------- Samba 2.2.8a, Solaris 9 4/04 core installation, 192.168.1/24 network. I managed to setup Samba in the very basic way and can access the pub directory below. However, I need to setup some private directory and authenticate users in the very basic way via /etc/shadow? or using smbpasswd? This pub works fine. [pub] comment = Public path = /home/tmp browseable = yes public = yes writeable = yes force group = nobody read only = no public = yes guest ok = yes All I need is to authenticate off of /etc/shadow or whatever the most basic authentication available on Solaris 9. So when user 'mike' connects it'll just prompt for username/password. The client is Windows based, however, I keep getting MACHINE\Guest (gray out) and Password field. [test] comment = test path = /home browseable = yes writeable = yes What do I need to set in [test] to authenticate user 'mike' off of the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file? - Mike [ In addition to www.sunfreeware.com more packages at ftp.patriots.net ] [ Furthermore, you can explore www.openpkg.org -- ease of management. ]