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Network connectivity issue for Win 98/XP client machines while connecting to Red Hat Linux Box 7.2

I have a small LAN set up with few Win 98/XP machines attached to Red Hat Linux Box 7.2. I can seethe Linux box in the network neighbourhood(Win 98) and my network places in (Win XP) but when try to access resources gets the message - The Network Passsword in INCORRECT ( in Win 98) and nothing happens (in  Win XP)when click on ok after providing username and password in Connect to Linux dialog  box. However the same password WORKS when connects thro' TELNET , FTP etc to the same linux box.
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Do you want me to  send  the smb.conf file ?
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yep. please post the smb.conf in here.

and like jlevie says the 7.2 RH version have an old samba server. is difficult to configurate to run againt a XP. but is not impossible.  you can upgrade your version of linux? or is better if you upgrede your version of samba
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