jdow wrote:
From: "Justin Willmert" <justin@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Generally I have found it's awkward to impossible to write to a
windows machine unless the account and smbpasswd entry match one
on the windows machine. Mounting usually works best if I use the
form that includes the username and password to use when mounting
the share.
{^_^}
I have had the same experience... could not write to the directory
unless the logon sequence was a user on the MS machine as well as the
appropriate password.
Greg
Let me guess, the MS machine was Windows XP Pro with simple file
sharing turned off? You need to make sure the "Everybody" group has
nearly full permissions when going to the security tab. Or (might not
work; kind of guessing here) you can turn on simple file sharing,
unshare the directory, reshare it (and watch permissions get applied
to all the files), and then it might work. Then you should be able to
mount the share with any username (except a windows-known user with
incorrect password) and password and it should work.
GACK! CHOKE! ARGH! Sinple file sharing is enough. But do NOT create
an anybody group with a lot of permissions. Windows is open enough to
cracking as it is. There is no sense opening it up even farther even
if you hate the damn thing. Any hacked Windows machine is a pain in
the sit down part of the anatomy for virtually every ISP and email
manager in the world. Please don't create a risk of adding to that
problem. {O.O}
When I said to set the Everybody group, I of course meant you do that
only with Windows machines inaccessible from the internet, secured
behind a firewall, and used for a small home network where there won't
be more than 10 computers. If the network the Windows computer are on is
in an environment where outside users can get into the network, then
feel free to follow jdow's choking and don't allow the Everybody group
permissions.
Just wanted to clear up what I meant. Many people on the list are
probably in business environment, while I'm here at home fiddling with
my home server before I go back to school. Different thought contexts.
Justin
