Please help - win98 ask for password

[Andrew Bartlett]

> "S. Maneetanont" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am using Win 98 to access Samba on linux 6.2. I can see Linux server
> name (MYSERVER) on Network Neighborhood. But everytime I clicks onto
> it, it will give me a popup window asking me to supply network
> password to Resource: \\MYSERVER\IPC$. Although I enter correct
> password, it keeps saying my password is incorrect. I read a book, it
> says this could happen to Win 95 or 98 for some Service Pack, but does
> not tell how to fix. I don't know how true this statement is, or it is
> something else that you might point out to me, please..thanks in
> advance.
> 
> Suwat.

When accessing Samba from a Win9X machine in user level security, you
must first log into Win9X with the username you wan't to connect to
Samba with.  (Win9X can only cope with one username at a time).

Andrew Bartlett

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