Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-28 Thread Robin
Can you login to the share using smbclient ? smbclient //pc_name/share To mount the share I just use mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //robin/share /mnt/smb And my PC is Windows XP SP2. One think that maybe causing a problem is the Windows Firewall It will give you strange

[gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread matthew . garman
I've searched all over google and the like, and I'm at my wits' end... I cannot get my gentoo box to connect to any of my roommate's Windows XP Pro shares. His computer is named JDpc: # smbclient -L //jdpc -N Anonymous login successful Domain=[RAWSEWAGE] OS=[Windows 5.1]

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread matthew . garman
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 03:04:03PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # smbclient -L //jdpc -N Error returning browse list: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED My conclusion is that you absolutely *must* use a non-null username AND password when connecting to Windows XP Professional. Apparently,

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread Ryan Viljoen
My conclusion is that you absolutely *must* use a non-null username AND password when connecting to Windows XP Professional. Apparently, you cannot connect to any share with a username that does not have the password set. Can anyone confirm or deny this? If there is a way to get true

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread Jason Weisberger
Windows XP is very odd when it comes to looking up shares from other computers. Go into your connection properties, uncheck File and Print Sharing, then restart. Add File and Print Sharing back in. Do the same with the guest account next. Finally, very temporarily share your first hard drive just

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
You might want to uncheck simple file sharing in the file options and see if that works. On Saturday January 21 2006 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 11:45:38PM +0200, Ryan Viljoen wrote: I can access my Windows XP Pro's shares with out user name or password quite

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't browse WinXP shares from gentoo

2006-01-21 Thread Ben Blount
Go onto your roommates box and turn administrative tools on the start menu. Then go to Administrative tools, Local Security Policy. From there go to Local Policy - Security Options. In the right view, find Network Access: Sharing and Security for Local Accounts, then change that setting to Classic