On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Eric Treu wrote: > I am using Samba 2.2.3a-12.3 on a Debian server. > > All the clients but one are XP home edition.
XP Home is not able to partake in Domain security. It can function only as a Workgroup member. > > I have a share on the server which all workstations are able to see, > view, write, edit, etc. > > After 15 minutes of inactivity the share obtains a red X over the share > icon. I am able to reactivate the share by clicking on the red x with > no problems. This happens with workgroup clients but not with XP Professional that is a Domain security context member. > > I understand that Microsoft, in their wisdom, has a share timeout after > 15 minutes of inactivity. Yes. Correct. > > This might not seem like a problem, but the mortgage software will > default to the local hard drive if it cannot find the share; therefore, > writing data to the hard drive and not to the shared data drive. MS want you to buy XP PRo to solve that problem. > > Can anybody help me. I have come to the conclusion that the one XP > Professional box that I have does not have this problem. I don't want > to upgrade, buy, or install XP Professional on all the boxes. Sorry. MS have you snookered. > HELP. You said you have XP Home, help is not sufficient for that. :))) - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba