Re: Newbie: Why does SAMBA authentication fail?

deko wrote:
I have a Debian Linux (2.6.18-4-686) box running Samba (3.0.24-6etch1).

The problem is I can't map a drive to it from my Win XP (sp2) box.

can you SEE the drive to map?

also, turn of all your firewalls and general XP bollocks.

What are the samba log files saying?
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