You were all completely right. I never created a root user on the Window's box, and was using that user on the Linux machine. All working now! :)
Thanks for the way to mount using the "mount -t smbfs" command Kevin, that's even better so that I can specify which user to connect as. Thanks a million to everyone again :) -Jon "GenKiller" Gaudette senthilg wrote: >Hi, > >Try creating a user called root in your WIndoze box and keep the password >same as that of the linux root user. Another method is that .. create a user >called IUR_machinename where the machine name is your windoze box name which >will allow anonymous access to the shares if at all not restricted by the >security NTFS. Actually this problem occurs because the windoze box is not >accepting trusted mode connection from the linux box. >Make a check on what user mode the samba client is working on because if this >user is not added in the samba users list then it will be problem. > >Another tip friend !!! TRY using a web based administration tool called > >webmin get it in http://www.webmin.org use that to configure samba and >samba flyies in seconds !!! > > >good luck > >sendhil > > > >>what is the output of smbclient -L //IMP ? Just wondering what smb >>is seeing on the network. >> >>Shaun >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jonathan Gaudette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:26 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Samba unable to connect to Windows Share >> >>Hello, >> >>I have gotten samba to be able to share out files, and have the >>Windows machine connect to it and get the files. However, I cannot >>get Windows to be able to share out a file and have Linux get it. I >>have shared out the folder in Windows giving everybody read/write >>privledges (only for testing purposes, as it's on an isolated >>network), and yet I still cannot. Here is what I get for an error message. >> >>--------------------------------------------- >>[root@mail root]# smbmount //IMP/music /home/webmaster/ >>Password: >>4780: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.) >> SMB connection failed [root@mail root]# exit >>--------------------------------------------- >> >>I guarentee the password is correct. I am thoroughly confused and >>no documention thus far on the web has gotten me any further. Any >>help that anyone can provide would be great, as I am stuck :( >> >>-Jon "GenKiller" Gaudette >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Redhat-list mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Redhat-list mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> >> > > > >Mail sent using jadooWorks Webmail > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
