[nflug] samba windows xp

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anthonyriga wrote:
> I have never had any real Samba issues connecting from
> Linux to Win xp shares if win xp has username and
> password setup and same on nix box. But I have had
> problems where if the win xp box dosent have a
> password setup (in other words automatic login) I cant
> access win xp. Is there something im not doing right
> or a setup in samba or windows that im missing or the
> password is necessary to get on the xp box? 
>
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Some things to try, if the user in windows has no password;

1. Reset the Linux user for samba as such, "smbpasswd -a username", and 
when asked for the password and confirmation, just hit the enter key, 
this will blank the user password.
2. I have seen problems with renaming an account. In windows it is 
possible to rename a user account and then all is suppose to be ok, I 
always have problems with this and have since never just renamed a user 
account in windows, I will just create a new one.
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