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.

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)

Eric

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Wayne Davis <waydavis@centurylink.net> wrote:

Can someone PLEASE help me with this:

I have NEVER been able to get my Linux machine (Kubuntu 13.04) to see a “Shared” device on my network and access it.

I have samba and smb4k GUI

It SEES the device but asks for a password.... that doesn't exist.

Really folks, I KNOW it is simple, but (I) cannot figure it out. It the blessing and curse of linux.
Been running it for abt 5 yrs and I have NEVER had two machines that could see shares, linux or otherwise.

MY guess is that it is something in the smb.conf but damned if (I) know WHAT. I truly am clueless at this point.

Reaching out..

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