I didn't find a "Live" CD version of Mandriva to test out, so ended up with SUSE installed as a dual boot with Windows.
Currently there isn't much serious computer work on my agenda, I mostly just use the internet, so haven't had a good reason to try out the Linux to see what it is capable of. Most things on it seem to work smoothly, but I haven't needed to seriously test it.
A lot of stuff I have been up to are Windows Only, so the SUSE wasn't an option.

This weekend I have been trying to access our Windows computers, and as a result am playing with SAMBA networking. I have hit a couple of brick wallls in the process. Despite finding some useful descriptions via the web, I can't get it to work properly.
I initially set up Samba using the SUSE configuration utility, YAST. It read my network settings and I found that the LINUX box would read the shared directories on on the Windows computer. Once I put in the correct Workgroup Name, the Windows box recognised that there was a computer named Linux on the network.
My latest problem is that it will not access the folders without a user name and a password. I cannot find anything in the YAST setup for SAMBA which will allow me to define a password or username.

The alternative method of setting up SAMBA recommended by Linux Geeks is to edit the samb configuration text file. I have tried this, but I am not allowed to overwrite the file with the one I have edited. Can anybody suggest how I can access the permissions to do this?

Quack!
GtD.