Hi all,

I am trying to get a linux (2.6.23.15-137.fc8) drive visible/writable from
windows xp (home) laptop, but I get to enter the host (giga) but cannot get
into docs and browse.

this is my smb.conf for that directory:

[docs]
path = /mnt/fix/
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
writable = yes
hide files = desktop.ini/recycled/System Volume Information/$vault$.avg/
case sensitive = no
strict locking = no
msdfs proxy = no
comment = fixed drive on giga
fstype = vfat
create mask = 0777

and I have changed the windows registry to EnablePlainTextPassword = 1.

what am I missing here?

thanks
Ivan

Ivan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get a linux (2.6.23.15-137.fc8) drive visible/writable from
> windows xp (home) laptop, but I get to enter the host (giga) but cannot
> get into docs and browse.
>
> this is my smb.conf for that directory:
>
> [docs]
> path = /mnt/fix/
> browseable = yes
> public = yes
> guest ok = yes
> read only = no
> writable = yes
> hide files = desktop.ini/recycled/System Volume Information/$vault$.avg/
> case sensitive = no
> strict locking = no
> msdfs proxy = no
> comment = fixed drive on giga
> fstype = vfat
> create mask = 0777
>
> and I have changed the windows registry to EnablePlainTextPassword = 1.
>
> what am I missing here?
>
> thanks
> Ivan

oh yes... also I have added the "hosts allow" and "interfaces" IPs of my
laptop

thanks again
ivan

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:21:54 +0000, Ivan wrote:

> and I have changed the windows registry to EnablePlainTextPassword = 1.

Why...?

I haven't seen this one for years... Have you forced Samba to use plain
text passwords in [global]? Better yet: What's the content of your
[global] section?

Have you tried smbmount and smbclient from a Linux box? (Testing a Samba
setup from a Wintendo is IMNSHO not my preferred source of headache).


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Regards/mvh Joachim Mæland

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
-Mario Andretti

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:21:54 +0000, Ivan wrote:

> msdfs proxy = no

How does this comply with man smb.conf?

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Regards/mvh Joachim Mæland

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
-Mario Andretti

If this is just for use at home, you could use the

username =

and

force user =


configuration statements. Then XP can't screw with it. XP offers a windows
for password, assuming you're "guest," but sambe automatically applies the
password to whatever you've set the above as.

Eric


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