Hi all, I am trying to configure samba (3.0.23d) on my linux machine. This is my smb.conf file, [global] workgroup = BSIL netbios name = MDT506 security = share server string = samba testing........ [data] read only = No guest ok = yes path = /export force user = mahesh.pawar force group = users comment = for everyone... with this configuration I am able to access the share on samba If a windows machine is logged in as a administrator. If I log in with a user account (which is also stored in smbpasswd) I am unable to access the samba share. also I am not sure about the behavior of the samba, because if I change the authentication in the configuration file it doesn't take effect. but I can access the samba from other unix machine with the user account I created in the smbpasswd file. Guide me through the configuration as I think I have missed out something, which is not letting me access the folder from windows user account. Regards, Mahesh Pawar