Thanks so much Alexander!!  gnomevfs-cat is just what I needed :)

Best regards,
Gaurav

On 1/11/07, Alexander Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 16:06 +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to connect to a protected SMB share using gnome-vfs-2 but
> > it fails with an "Access denied" error.
> >
> > The file i'm trying to access over SMB is located at
> > "smb://gauravj-xp/networkfolder/file.txt" and the user/password to
> > access it are 'gaurav' and 'password' respectively.
> >
> > I'm attaching the code that I have written.  The error that is thrown
> > at the terminal is:
> > Error Access denied occurred opening location
> > smb://gaurav:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/networkfolder/file.txt
> >
> > Any help would be really appreciated!
> > Thanks,
> > Gaurav
>
> Its generally not recommended to put passwords in uris due to security
> issues. I don't think the smb backend supports it. You need to implement
> the password callbacks to correctly handle the login. For an example,
> see the gnomevfs-cat program in later versions of gnome-vfs.
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  Alexander Larsson                                            Red Hat, Inc
>                    [EMAIL PROTECTED]    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> He's a world-famous dishevelled librarian haunted by an iconic dead American
> confidante She's a hard-bitten tomboy safe cracker from aristocratic European
> stock. They fight crime!
>
>
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