using pam or something with samba for password authentication from xp to suze 9.1

Hello all,

we are currently using windows xp and get to linux server files through samba.

we managed to succesfully implement pam onto our webserver for password authentication

now we want to do the same thing through samba where passwords are authenticated through the linux etc/password file

were kinda new to samba and the documentation in samba.conf is a little confusing

there might be a very simple way to do this

ive read about pam_smb .. but this seems to only work with NT (or 95 or 98)

and ive also read about winbind ... im not sure if this works with XP.

any suggestions would be very appreciated.

Bryan