Linux - Samba - Private Share issue

Q.  I just upgraded to new Firmware 2.9.2 without problems. But now I cannot 
    access my linux share any more. I entered the same username and password 
    as I used before, after a reset to factory defaults. I manually set up 
    a single share LINUXmusic.   
    
    Which of the password / username are used for linux? 
    The 9x/Me or the NT/2000/XP combination?


A.  You can set up your samba server to use either of the Win9x (share
    level) or WinNT (user level) authentication models. So, the setting 
    in your AudioTron depends on if you have security=share or security=user
    in your smb.conf.

    As of Firmware 2.9.2 the AT cannot access music files in a private 
    share and it will ignore them. It requires encrypted passwords enabled! 

    EXPLANATION:
    While the AudioTron was looking at 'private' shares, a hang-up was 
    occurring because the AT would endlessly try and validate that share.
    This would happen in the following scenario:

        If we access a "private" samba share that:
        * We have a valid user ID on the box
        * But not for the given share

       
    SOLUTION:
    You would need to setup your samba server to use encrypted passwords too.
    So you need to add the line: 
        encrypt passwords = yes
    to the global section of smb.conf
    Then you need to add the user that accesses shares to the smbpasswd file
    using the command:
        smbpasswd -a atron
 
   
As of Firmware 2.9.5 the AudioTron handles both types of server setups: 
encrypted and plain text password.  


NOTE:
   As a reminder, we do not support any networking or configuration issues 
   other than Windows.

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