Good day Sir. I had setup a network in which user1,user2,and user3 are users of group users. I have configured the smb.file as follows # Global parameters [global] workgroup = PRANAN netbios name = SANTOSH security = user [homes] comment = SHARE valid users = %S read only = No browseable = yes [public] comment = data path = /export force user = mary force group = users guest ok = Yes My problem is whenever I logon as user1,user2,user3, I only have acess to public, but users home directory is challenged for authentication again,and it fails every time. Is there any missing in configuration. Please help me. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail