AndyLiebman@aol.com
2004-Sep-30 14:12 UTC
[Samba] Puzzle -- More Logon/Login from Windows XP
In a message dated 9/30/2004 9:41:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, AndyLiebman writes:>In a message dated 9/30/2004 1:55:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,jon@sutinen.com> writes: > Long answer: a limitation of Windows is that when you connect via SMB to > > a remote server, all connections to that server must use the same > credentials. If you are connected to \\sambaserver\datafiles as the user > *nigel* and wish to connect to \\sambaserver\frederick (which is > accessible only to the user *frederick*), the Windows workstation > attempts to connect as *nigel*. In order to connect as *frederick* you > must break all connections to that server. Simply put, you cannot make > two connections to a server from one workstation with two different sets > of credentials.I think I solved the problem. By setting the "Public Share only available to members of the Workgroup" as "not readable by guests," Windows will now prompt me for a username and password when I click on the share. The curious thing is, Windows still doesn't ask me for a username and password when I click on the "Samba Server". It shows me the "Public Share" and I have to click on that to get the prompt. That's different behavior than when I click on another Windows XP workstation. I don't see any shares until I'm authenticated. The other curious thing is, before I made the share "not readable by guests", I wasn't prompted for the password, but as a guest I couldn't open the folder anyway. I would get the "Not authorized to access this resource" message. Is there a problem with "map to guest = bad user" in global settings? BTW, I'm using Samba 3.0.2a, I believe. Came with Mandrake 10 Official. Andy Liebman