The FAQ Samba Quick needs updating I think. Maybe my setup is different [I'm running of the CD] but the line

Code:
mount -t smbfs -u username=foo,password=bar //windowsbox/sharename /mnt/myshare

should have the -u changed to -o

mount -t smbfs -o username=foo,password=bar //windowsbox/sharename /mnt/myshare
definition of pain--spending 3+ hours trying to figure it out!

I found a cool page from IBM about setting up Samba. I's got some neat (and simple) steps to change & test one thing at a time to get going! It's for Linux-to-AS/400 [iSeries] connection, but it's pretty good.

to the google cache (pdf-html)
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8
search: ibm as400 file shares linux client


p.s. how do you get rid of the overtyping in the root shell--it's really hard to see what you're doing.