On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:46 -0700, John Wheat wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:02 -0700, John Wheat wrote: > > > > > >> Part of my issue is cleared up she will just have to login with my user. > >> I cannot even connect to the share from Linux as "user" john. I also > >> cannot do so from windows anymore either. I am not sure now what I have > >> messed up. I am going to see if I can find a mostly working config I had > >> in Ubuntu. > >> > > ---- > > does user 'john' exist in Linux? > > did you create a user 'John' in Linux by mistake? > > reset your smbpassword for user john... > > > > smbpasswd john > > > > Craig > > > > > john is my user. Established when I installed Debian ---- OK - you're being incomplete if you have a Linux user john, and you have a samba user john, then you should be able to connect to your Linux server as john.. smbclient -L WHATEVER_SERVER_BIOS_NAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS -U john and it will ask you for a password and it is either accepted or rejected. if it is rejected, change your samba password by issuing command... smbpasswd john This isn't rocket science Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss