For the past few months, I have been using a NAS server that I created by running FreeNAS in a VirtualBox on my Ubuntu 16.04 server. I know this isn't ideal, so I set up Samba shares on my server. Now, when I want to access that server from Windows 10, I go to the network tab and click on the name of my server. A pop-up appears, and it asks me for my Network Credentials. I have tried every imaginable username and password, I have gone into Windows credential manager and added every type of credential for the server posible. No matter what I do, it still says that my username or password is incorrect. I feel like I'm missing something important, but I have no idea what it is. If someone has run into the same issue, please let me know. I want to use Ubuntu services instead of some crazy VirtualBox one. Thanks!
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If you use the same username / password in windows and samba, when asked for credentials, just enter your username and no password. This did the trick for me (after long search).
