Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[Paul Abrahams <abrahams@xxxxxxx>]

I have a couple of directories set up to be visible to Windows via Samba.  On 
the Windows machine, they initially show up in the Network Drives as 
"Disconnected Network Drive" (under "My Computer").  (The Linux machine is 
booted first.)   Most programs then have difficulty accessing the contents of 
these drives.  However, if I open one of these drives under "My Computer", it 
is no longer disconnected and the Windows programs can access its contents 
just fine.

Much as I'd like to say that it's all Windows's fault (being a Linux lover, of 
course), I can't with confidence say that.  It may be some Samba weirdness.  
I don't know how to determine on which side of the divide the fault lies -- 
whether it's at bottom a Windows problem or a Linux/Samba problem.

Ideas?

Paul