Linux Tutorial Microsoft Windows Network Integration
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialMicrosoftWindowsNetworkIntegration.html
This tutorial is aimed at those who wish to migrate fully from a Microsoft Windows desktop to a Linux desktop system but still integrate with the Microsoft Windows servers and infrastructure like that found in a typical corporate environment. Integration with Microsoft print services, file sharing (mounting smbfs), Exchange server, other MS/Windows PC's, dual boot NTFS drives, Citrix, remote X-Windows logins, telnet and ftp access are all covered in this tutorial.
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=355244
FAQ - Sharing files in Win95/98/2000/2003/XP - How to/help/info NB. Im posting this faq guide since every day their is a How do i share files..Any suggestions / additional guides welcome How to configure file sharing in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/1.0:_Configuring_Samba
Configuring Samba
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3862
Using samba i have managed to join the the linux box to the domain, i.e. 'net join ads'. No problems there, and it is now visable via 'neighbourhood network' on the windows side. I have set up a couple of shared folders on the linux box, which are also visable. However when I try to access the shares i have set up in samba i get a username and password prompt. When i enter user name and password I still cannot access the shares, and the prompt just re-appears . Here is my smb.conf: