On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 21:32, Edward Dekkers wrote: > Gary Stainburn wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I've started puttting out WinXP boxes on my network - not through choice, > > however I've got a problem with them. > > > > If I have mapped network drives onto another M$ box everything is fine. > > > > If I have mapped network drives onto a Samba service (RH7.3+errata) the drives > > don't connect, and show in 'My Computer' but with red 'X' agains them. > > Double clicking on them then re-connects, but sometimes a password is > > requested first. > > > > Although I think it's a WinXP problem, I was wondering if any Samba users out > > there know how to fix it. > > I noticed you aven't gotten a reply on this yet. > > My personal experience is that Windows XP PROFESSIONAL (you don't > mention which on you are using) does this SOMETIMES, not all the time. > (The red X thing I mean). However I've never been asked to re-verify my > password when clicking on them, they just re-connect. > > I've always just put it down to 'one of those Gates things'. > > Regards, > Ed. > > The only way to get it work is making the SAMBA server as a PDC of your network, and join the Windows XP boxes to the domain.
If you "don't want" to set up the samba server as a domain controller, set up the security level to "share" in smb.conf. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
