All Windows machines have to have log-in password for workgroup to
work.
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Gvfs keeps asking for password when trying to mount Samba share
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/510059
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This is what we used at one time to fix this problem.
Easy enough to try.
gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find this section in the file:
### Authentication ###
# “security = user” is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the ser
Sorry this fix #24 & #28 did not work for you all, it has worked for me and let
me open
Workgroup and access all devices on the network. I have not had access since
day one
of Lucid. Must be a reason why in here somewhere. This was an old fix but
worked and I
tried a lot of them. Using Windows 7
If you do not have a samba password or the file etc/samba/smbusers does not
have your user name it will not
work. Mine says justrick = rick
There are two steps to creating a user. First we’ll run the smbpasswd
utility to create a samba password for the user.
sudo smbpasswd -a
Next, we’ll
Used this fix and now I have network access in Workgroup in Lucid.
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find this section in the file:
### Authentication ###
# “security = user” is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
#
