SMB sharing and shared users

Hi
Hmmm... Difficult to explain... english is not my natural language...
I ve to setup a distant backup for all the MACs of my office. The software to do that is only available for windows : ADBackup.
First problem : ADBackup can save files thru the network but can only use ONE id and paswword for all the machines.
So, my idea is the following : All my MACs are under 10.5. I can configure for all a unique shared user/password (called backup for exemple) that have only read rights and share the folders that I want to save thru SMB.
I ve done that on my MAC and test. XP reconignize the sharing. But I cannot connect to my mac with the backup account. It works perfectly with my own account.
Any idea ?
Thanks
Vinc'

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