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Old 03-20-2004, 11:25 AM   #1
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little samba local networking question


Im running a little network, with my laptop (linux) and my desktop (XP), and a d-link router in between to access the internet.

i have samba installed on the linux box, the gui gnomba, shows me the win xp machine as a little icon. However, when i double click the icon, a authentication dialog appears, and prompts me a username and password. I have never chosen a password in the windows machine, so there shouldn't be any. My other box's running winxp, just logs in, whitout any authentication.

How do I come past this...?
 
Old 03-20-2004, 01:07 PM   #2
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can we assume that you have tried entering your username and no password?

Ensure you have something shared on the XP box and try the console smbclient

smbclient //<XP MACHINE>/<SHARE> -U <username>
 
Old 03-20-2004, 01:17 PM   #3
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yes i have, but i dont even have a username. normally i just enters the workgroup, and then i can see all availible machines and shares
 
Old 03-21-2004, 04:29 AM   #4
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Is something needed on the xp box for me to access it from linux, now that I dont have a username and password.. ?

I really would like this to work, so that i can transfer stuff from the xp box to my linux and visa versa.

I really hope this can work without pass and login, cause then I can access different computers at school, also.
 
Old 03-21-2004, 12:17 PM   #5
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Araldit,

If you haven't created any account at all on the XP laptop then it's probably automatically logging in to the desktop using the 'Administrator' account. Using a Windows system as Administrator and enabling networking with no passwords on accounts is very high risk, and I'd strongly recommend that you setup a user account and passwords before going any further with this.

Once you have given a username and password, you should only need to be asked again on a Windows network when the machine you're trying to connect to won't accept those details (because it's a different domain).

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