I have a AD domain running fine, and I want to add my first linux server. To keep things simple, I do NOT want to integrate it into my domain. I just want to create a share that anyone can read/write to. I've created the setup below which works fine only if I access the linux share box by ip address from windows; eg: \\1.2.3.4 This gives me full r/w permission without any authentication prompts. However, if I access the box using the name (eg: \\server) then I get an authentication prompt I can't get past. I've read the online docs but can' find a solution. Can someone help? thanks, MD -------------------------------------------------------- results of my testparm are below. I've replaced my real netbios domain name with MYDOMAIN, and hidden the wins IP. I've also disabled print sharing which explains the printcap stuff. Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[movies]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = MYDOMAIN server string = Test server security = SHARE log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 load printers = No printcap name = /dev/null dns proxy = No wins server = 1.2.3.4 printing = bsd print command = lpr -r -P'%p' %s lpq command = lpq -P'%p' lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j [movies] comment = Movies path = /storage/movies force user = testuser force group = testgroup read only = No guest ok = Yes