Connecting to a Windows share

[Jim DeCaro]

A consistent problem I am encountering when working with various Linux
distros is connecting to smb shares on a Windows network.  Very often, the
connection will not accept the credentials I type in for the local system.
I am connecting to file shares on a peer to peer Windows workgroup.  The
shares show up, but I cannot authenticate to access them.

Any advice?

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Jim DeCaro, MCSE Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0