Passowrds on Shares

[wabbit46]

When I try to access a share folder it asks me for a password.

I have no idea what password I should enter. My security level in Samba is set to SHARE

Regards,

Roger

[IHATEDLINK]

When I try to access a share folder it asks me for a password.

I have no idea what password I should enter. My security level in Samba is set to SHARE

Regards,

Roger

Just enter your Ubuntu username and password.

[wabbit46]

I have tried that it does not work.

[moffa]

Try user name: guest
password: [blank]

if that doesn't work, try forcing the user to the guest account in the share like:

[home share]
path=/home/me
force user = guest
guest ok = yes

and then try connecting

[sisco311]

Set up a samba password from the terminal:

sudo smbpasswd username

Set up a samba password for a windows user:

sudo useradd windowsusername
sudo smbpasswd windowsusername

[wabbit46]

Thanks for your advice but the command:-

sudo smbpasswd username

advises be it cannot find my username

[sisco311]

You need to replace username with your user name:

sudo smbpasswd wabbit46

assuming that wabbit46 is your user name in ubuntu.

[wabbit46]

I have tried using my Ubuntu username but it appears not to be contained in the smbpasswd file.

[sisco311]

Sorry, I forgot the -a option:

sudo smbpasswd -a username

EDIT: In order to the changes take effect, restart samba:

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

or reboot the computer.

[wabbit46]

I have tried using the command sudo smbpasswd -a username and it appears to work.

However when I try the command sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart, it advises me it cannot find samba.

What I want to do is connect my Ubuntu box to a computer running Vista and share the files contained on the Vista machine.

I would appreciate any ideas on what is wrong. eg is my distro faulty.