Samba Shares

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Right now I have SAMBA running in share level mode. I would like to have it in user level but everytime it try it, it wants me to put in a password. I have put in every password on my system but it still won't work.,
What I want is to be able to logon to my 98 machine and depending on the user, have that user specific folder available to me. The users on the 98 machine don't have passwords to login. Is there a way to use user level with out a user password? I also want to have a share that I need to put a password into in order to access, but can get to it from any login.

[yinrunning]

SMB and Samba both run on authentication. What this means is that if someone doesn't have a password, they're logging in as "nobody" (Samba jargon) or "everyone" (NT/2K/XP jargon). Why not just configure Win98 to run with separate logins/passwords for everyone? That way you can set up the appropriate accounts/folders/permissions on the server machine and get the security you want.

The problem you seem to be encountering is that the 98 machine is logging into the network based on who's logged onto itself. If "everyone" (i.e.- someone/anyone with no specific network logon/passwrd and therefore no security access) is logging into the network, then servers will deny that machine access to password-protected machines and shares. This is as it should be. That machine can only gain access to machines/folders/shares that have no security protocols set to deny anyone.

Keep in mind: Win98 itself has NO security. Giving everyone separate accounts just means that everyone has separate user profiles and preferences.