Cannot log in with Samba

[viking60]

I have set up samba. Read all about it and I have done the usual somersaults and scratched my head with my toes.
So Finally I get everything to show up on network shares in the file manager. And there I am prompted for the Username Workgroup and password.
And there nothing is accepted
I have synced and converted users in webmin without any luck. Then I found a oneliner that takes care of that samba user:

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sudo smbpasswd -a <user name>

Here I use my regular linux user name.
Then I get prompted for a password and there I use my regular password.

Et Voila it works - I can log in to my shared stuff.

Naturally you need to check that your workgroup is the same. That your config is ok with

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testparm 

and reload your samba server after config changes. etc etc,
This tip is for you guys that have read the documentation and still are scratching your heads - like me.

PS: This worked for me - Samba has a gift of updating breaking and fubaring so much that your problem probably is something else.
But then again this might be your lucky day - because you visited here and got it working - like I did: