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smbpasswd -n username

      -n    This  option  specifies  that the username following should have

              their password set to null (i.e. a blank password) in the  local

              smbpasswd file. This is done by writing the string "NO PASSWORD"

              as the first part of the first password stored in the  smbpasswd

              file.

 

              Note  that  to  allow  users to logon to a Samba server once the

              password has been set to "NO PASSWORD" in the smbpasswd file the

              administrator  must  set the following parameter in the [global]

              section of the smb.conf file :

 

              null passwords = yes

 

              This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root.

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you dont really need to touch anything in the conf file of your samba if all you want to do is to access your win xp from you linux machine... and like polemicz said, try to log on it ( ur XP) from ur Linux using the admin username... also, if that user you intend to use to login from ur linux is a normal user in ur Xpee, try to create its own shared folder there

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