Les Mikesell wrote: > Ray Leventhal wrote: >> >> > > Normally you have to add the users yourself with their passwords since > the encryption is different than the linux passwd file uses and it can > only be done when you still have the plaintext. > smbpasswd -a login_name > But didn't you say you used webmin with this enabled? yes, I did and have verified that users are already there and 'the same' in webmin terms. > > If the users are already in a windows domain you can just use security > = server and password server = your_domain_controller. I am not using a PDC in the network, only clients on WinXP and the Cent OS machine. > > By the way, if you are setting up a new box from scratch just to serve > windows users you might like SME server (http://www.contribs.org). It > is based on Centos but all administration is through a simple web > interface. > > As Cent is already built, I'm inclined to keep it. Any idea why I can't seem to browse in anything other than 'share' mode? The user mode keeps popping up an authentication box for which there seems not to be a correct answer...meaning I re-auth, but I keep getting the box, with <MACHINE>/ prepended to my username. Thanks, -Ray