<div dir="ltr"><div>Can you share your smb.conf file? The password database Samba uses is not necessarily the same as the the Linux passwords. I had to create a samba user and password, but how you create the user and password depends on how you define the backend in the conf file.<br>
<br></div>Also, I was on Redhat so I had to modify SELinux. I don't know how much SELinux affects Debian-based systems (i.e. Ubuntu)<br><br>Eric<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Wayne Davis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waydavis@centurylink.net" target="_blank">waydavis@centurylink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Can someone PLEASE help me with this:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">I have NEVER been able to get my Linux
machine (Kubuntu 13.04) to see a “Shared” device on my network
and access it.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">I have samba and smb4k GUI</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">It SEES the device but asks for a
password.... that doesn't exist. <br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Really folks, I KNOW it is simple,
but (I) cannot figure it out. It the blessing and curse of linux.
<br>
Been running it for abt 5 yrs and I have NEVER had two machines
that
could see shares, linux or otherwise.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">MY guess is that it is something in
the
smb.conf but damned if (I) know WHAT. I truly am clueless at this
point.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Reaching out..</p>
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