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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com