samba - Sep 2006 - accessing windows shared folders from vmware guest linux

Hi,

i've just installed vmware 5.5 on a win2k SP4 machine, and i've
installed a
Suse 10.1 on the virtual machine. actually i'm using *only* the command line
interface on linux, my goal is only to be able to compile the C++ source
files i have on my windows partition with gcc on linux. 
in order to do this, i need to mount my windows partition in my linux, and i
need to be able to write as well, as some files (other than just the object
files) are generated while compiling. i think this should be possible by
mounting the windows folders using samba. 
so i've installed samba on my linux (Version 3.0.22-11-SUSE-CODE10), and
tried to connect to my windows shared folders. however, i always get some
authentication or access failure. for instance, the following command:
smbclient //fili/xlibs -U dvergnaud
raises the following error:
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
of course the computer does exist, the windows folder is shared, and the
username and password are correct. 
if i try something like this:
smbmount //fili/xlibs /mnt/temp -o username=dvergnaud
i get the following error:
3600: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed

the weird thing is, it all works fine when doing it from another linux
computer (where linux runs natively). that means, as i see it, that either
there's a problem with VMware and samba working together, or my samba client
is not properly configured -- although i'm not aware that it's much
configurable... 

has anyone already had such a problem? or does anyone have an idea what i'm
doing wrong? 

thx a lot for helping me out! 

David
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pagod wrote:
> if i try something like this:
> smbmount //fili/xlibs /mnt/temp -o username=dvergnaud
> i get the following error:
> 3600: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
> SMB connection failed
>
> the weird thing is, it all works fine when doing it from another linux
> computer (where linux runs natively). that means, as i see it, that either
> there's a problem with VMware and samba working together, or my samba
client
> is not properly configured -- although i'm not aware that it's much
> configurable... 
>
> has anyone already had such a problem? or does anyone have an idea what
i'm
> doing wrong? 
>   
Vmware itself is not a problem.  I use it without problem and I believe 
some of the samba developement is done on vmware machines.

Things to check are firewalling on the Linux box, and which of the 
available vmware network options you used.  Bridged, private or NAT.

Regards, Doug