[Samba] Re: Standalone Server with Wins -- Password Not Required on Win/XP

[Dragan Krnic]

>> If I enter userid Only, I gain full access to the share without
>> Ever entering a password
>
> This incorrect behavior is caused as a result of
> "preferred master = yes" in the smb.conf file.
> If I comment this line out in smb.conf, everything
> works fine.

What has "preferred master" to do with this passwords?
I'm really puzzled, especially because I set my PDC as
"preferred master", even though it would probably by
default ("auto") chose to be one.