Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I cannot connect from a Windows2000 virtual machine (VMware Server) to > a samba directory, as I get (in Windows2000) the following message: > > "The account is not authorized to log in from this station". The > output of 'testparm' is below. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul Dumb question - did you add the user you want to log in as using "smbpasswd -a"? Samba has to maintain its own password database when using encrypted passwords because Windows Networking uses a different encryption algorithm. (You can configure Samba to use a domain controller instead for passwords...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!