Hi. I have internal network. I'm trying to access shared folder on my windows machine (I'm not using simple share). I set up a share so that only certain user can access it. I use a program that comes with FC4, which I guess uses SMB. Anyway when I try to connect it asks me for password for user_name@ip_address. When I enter the password the same dialog box pops up again, lik e I entered a wrong password or something.
user_name is the user that can accesss my windows share, and ip is an IP address of my windows share. I can access it from my other windows machine, so I know it's working.

I tried to connect to my friends computer who uses simple sharing and it worked just fine. So are the authentication protocols not compatible or something when I'm trying to connect with specific user name?
Thx.

This is a commonly asked question around here and the answer is best put this way (I've found);

The best way above and beyond to connect to a share is to make a folder and use it as a mountpoint for the remote share. There are programs and such, sure, but they are all different to each other and can all get pretty confusing and not everyone can help you because they may not have seen it before. To create the folder is pretty simple, fire up a terminal session and just mkdir foldername. I usually use "remote" as the folder name.

Then the remaining things you need are a username and password on either a domain or the computer you are connecting to, and the name of the share and computer you are connecting to. For example;

For a computer called "Maibochs" running a share called "disshare" you need a username and password for the Maibochs computer, let's say for argument's sake it's Administrator and 'password' (ignoring the obvious bad form, it keeps it simple).

type the following in to the box you are connecting from;

Note that this assumes you aren't using a windows domain, if you are, consider the example of a domain called 'global'

That commandline calls a domain a workgroup which can be confusing, but that's the syntax.

Give it a bash and let me know if anything needs clarifying.

Hi.
I tried that and I get:
3534: Connection to wbase failed
SMB connection failed

Never mind got it working with that other program. I didn't specify share name. After I entered specific share name it worked without any problems.
Only problem that mounts are only show up on desktop. I have no idea how to get to them through command prompt, or by browsing to them in xmms.

Did you create the recommended mount point?

Is it not available on the CLI as "/mount/point/for/Winders/share" (or whatever you named it)?

Through the program I used it just creates it on desktop. Although it's not in Desktop folder. I looked under /mnt and there is nothing there. When I tried your way I get an error message I posted above.

You are getting a little confused, perhaps I didn't explain very clearly.

The mount point will only be under /mnt if that's where you deliberatley put it. A mount point is at the end of the day just a folder object that you redirect somewhere else... I create mine under /home/elomis (so for instance /home/elomis/otherpc) and then do;