I have a small network running in a school. My network is working. samba is running on openSuSE 11.0 and Windows XP and Windows98se can access the non protect samba shares/sections.

I have one problem that I been struggling with. I have read the howto's, and searched the lists, but can not find the solution.

I would like to implement [homes] or [usershares] for student directories and file storage:

When accessing the /students or /homes directory, students would be prompted for a username and password. The student would not need to be login to the Windows OS. That is, I just want a prompt for both username and password when the share is accessed. This should work from either Windows 98se or Windows XP.

Linux:  Do students need Linux/UNIX accounts? [yes]
Linux:  what do I need to set the security = share/user/server/domain/ADS ?
Linux:  Do I need to add each student to the smbpasswd directory? [yes]
Linux:  What are the minimum parameters that I need to implement [homes] ?
Linux:  What are the parameters that I need to implement [usershares] ?

Windows question: I have setup the Linux samba shares. When I access the shares, the windows box that pops up does not allow me to change the username, only the password. The user name is /guest/login-name. I would like windows to prompt me for the "user name" as well as the "password". On XP, if the user is login'ed to the machine, then adding the password gets the right share. If I knew the name of the windows service, I would have a chance at searching for the solution.

# samba parameters from testparm

[global]
        workgroup = TAKE5
        interfaces = 192.168.1.203/255.255.255.0
        bind interfaces only = Yes
        security = SHARE
        map to guest = Bad User
        log level = 2
        smb ports = 139
        socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        mangling method = hash
        os level = 255
        preferred master = Yes
        case sensitive = No
        mangled names = No

[files]
comment = Work area files
path = /students/%U
read only = No

[teacher]
comment = Master work area files
path = /students
valid users = srannie
read only = No

I have setup Linux accounts, and samba passwords for each student. If the student is login'ed to Windows XP, and accesses the /files directory, there is no problem, but if the student is not login, I can't seem to get this to work. What can I do to make this work? Thanks. --
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