On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:36:07AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Are you asked for username/password when making the connect by > > > hand? Is your samba login and password the same as your locals > > > at winxp? If not, it would be much better make them the same. > > > > > >mmm - this is a possible issue > > > >linux and smbpasswd are the same, but the win XP passwords are prolly > >set to blank - user names are the same on each. > > > Looks like that might be the problem; a quick google turned up this item: > http://www.theeldergeek.com/blank_password_network_access.htm > Yep, this is exactly the problem. As soon as I set a password for the user on the XP Box it has no prblems reconnecting at login time. Thanks all cheers dc -- David Purton dcpurton@chariot.net.au If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? Psalm 130:3
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