Hi, I'm using 3.0.21b and I cannot get the guest account to work. some of smb.conf: ------------------------------ security = user hosts allow = 192.168.2. 127. guest account = visiteur log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/samba.%m max log size = 1024 socket options = TCP_NODELAY [publique] path = /vol2/samba/publique browseable = yes guest ok = yes ------------------------------ # grep visiteur /etc/passwd visiteur:*:1009:1013:Samba guest user:/home/visiteur:/bin/sh When on Win2k when I click the server icon the pop-up box appears and I put in "visiteur" for user and a blank for password the server's log says: ------------------------------ [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317) check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user [My Name] -> [My Name] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:33, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317) check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user [My Name] -> [My Name] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(772) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2006/03/14 21:19:37, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(317) check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user [visiteur] -> [visiteur] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD ------------------------------ "My Name" is the logon name to this windows box that comes up automatically when the system is booted. How can I get access to the guest account? -- Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com