Here are some of the following entries that I modified in my smb.conf. (I gleaned these from VL6 smb.conf-sample but I was then on 5.9.) I think I may be missing something.
[global]
# Backend to store user information in. New installations should
# use either tdbsam or ldapsam. smbpasswd is available for backwards
# compatibility. tdbsam requires no further configuration.
; passdb backend = tdbsam ; I used this at the time but it may not be necessary
# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations. (and 98)
domain logons = yes
; I did not use these 2
# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
; logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
; logon script = %U.bat
# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
; logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
wins support = yes ; I always use this
# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z
# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
; wins proxy = yes ; and sometimes this
# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The default is NO.
dns proxy = no ; not sure, this one may want to be yes
In terminal as root (or su)
smbpaswd -a {username}
allows you to add users to smbpaswd
hth - as I said, I think something is missing as I'm going by memory from 3 months ago.
I'm having a lot of difficulties on my system and I've come to the realization that my hardware is being very flaky. Every time I install, I have a different set of problems. Think I finally have one of two machines stable and, when I get the other one settled, I can get back to this part of the set-up.