On Sunday 16 October 2005 01:42, Kevanf1 wrote:

On 16/10/05, kai wrote:

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I have a home network consisting of my SuSE 10.0 laptop and a Win2K desktop. The desktop is wired to a router and the laptop is using 802.11g to connect to the router. Both machines can get out to the internet.

The desktop can ping and open a list of shares on the laptop. I cannot however open any of the shares on the laptop since it asks for a user/pass combinantion. None of my valid combos seem to allow authentication.

The laptop cannot either ping or open a share on the desktop.

The two IP addy's are 192.168.0.101 (windows) and 192.168.0.102 (SuSE). Both machines can also open the router config page at 192.168.0.1.

What could be going on?? Also, the laptop, when I bring it into work, can connect through the ethernet cable to my corporate network accessing NT LanMan shares without an issue. (I just create a share like smb://me@1.1.1.1/share)

TIA -- kai www.perfectreign.com

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Don't know what the problem is but you are not alone. I have a similar (very similar) issue with my set up. I've gone through the O'Reilly Samba book to no avail... I can 'see' both PC's (one running Win2k the other 9.3) but I get the same problem with username/password combinations. The only way I can get stuff of one PC to the other is by going in as root which is far from ideal of course.

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I had the same problem. It was suggested, on the list, that I re-install Samba. I did and that solved my problem. Jerome

This is what I do, and it always works. Leave Samba alone. The default workgroup for Samba is WORKGROUP, so the first thing to do is make sure the Windows machine(s) are all members of the WORKGROUP workgroup. Next, (if using XP) turn off the firewall entirely. This is just to avoid problems troubleshooting. Once you get everything working, then play with the firewall. Stop SuSE's firewall too. In order for you to access shares on a Windows machine you need to use the same username and password as the user currently logged into the Windows machine. On your Linux box in KDE go to Control Panel -> Internet & Network -> Local Network Browsing. Set the username to your Windows login name and the password to your Windows password. If you do not use a password on your Windows box then leave the password box blank. Your IP addresses show that your machines are all on the same subnet, so things look good there. Go to 'Network Connections' on your Linux box and click the SMB icon. You should see your Windows shares. If this doesn't work, rejoin the WORKGROUP workgroup on the Windows box(es). Then, on your Linux box(es) go to Control Panel -> Internet & Network -> Samba. Click the 'Admin Mode' and enter your root password. Check to make sure that Samba has you in the WORKGROUP workgroup. Double check that your firewalls are off. This always works for me. Once you do have it working you can enable your firewalls one by one and open the appropriate ports. Good luck. James W