Dave wrote:
>
> Sorry, I haven't really been following this thread, but it now caught my
> eye. Were there any specific error messages you receive when trying to
> access the samba share from Win98? Eric may be right about it being a
> permissions problem, but if that were the case then even Win2k should not
> be able to access the share. I have seen similar problems to the one you
> are reporting, and they usually have to do with the differences between
> Win2k and Win98. Specifically, with Win2k you can specify a user id and
> password for each network share you wish to access. But with Win98, the os
> will automatically use your Microsoft networking user id and password for
> accessing all network shares. If you don't have Win98 set up with a user
> and password, you need to change your network properties to use the
> Microsoft networking login prompt, then create a new user (in Control
> Panel) with the appropriate user id and password.
Exactly! And you need to add that exact username and password to your
smbpasswd file. :)
Holly
