On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 17:49 +0100, Simon O'Riordan wrote: > I've just configured an up-to-the-minute file share with XP and 8.04. > The Ubuntu can easily see into the XP, but not vice versa. I think the > problem is probably Zone Alarm. > Zone Alarm is truly dreadful and I avoid it like the plague. My windows > computers are exclusively Kaspersky. > However, configuring an exception in ZA is quite easy. You just have to > know the ip address (local) of your Samba computer. > Simon > > Chris Dennis wrote: > > Peter Merchant wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 20:52 +0100, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: > >> > >>> Peter Merchant wrote: > >>> > >>>> In the last few weeks, I can't say exactly when, my smb connection to my > >>>> XP box has ceased to connect. > >>>> > >>>> I am struggling to get it working and wondering if everything that I am > >>>> doing is making it worse! > >>>> > >>>> kubuntu is 192.168.1.2 > >>>> XP is 192.168.1.5 > >>>> > >>>> whwen I use Dolphin to try and connect to home-1/temp ( the temp shared > >>>> dir on Xp box home-1, I now get a timeout. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Hi Peter- > >>> > >>> Try "smbclient -L 192.168.1.5" at the console to see if you get anything. > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> pet...@kpeterm:~$ smbclient -L 192.168.1.5 > >> timeout connecting to 192.168.1.5:445 > >> timeout connecting to 192.168.1.5:139 > >> Connection to 192.168.1.5 failed (Error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED) > >> > > > > I had a similar problem recently -- and failed to solve it (I only > > needed temporary access to the XP box, so I rebooted it with Knoppix and > > did the job properly). Perhaps a recent Windows update has changed > > something in XP's file sharing. > > > > cheers > > > > Chris > > Still struggling. Yesterday I disabled Zonealarm and had a go. Still no joy. Perhaps, as been suggested, it is one of those Microsoft upgrades.
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