samba - Sep 2010 - connecting two samba shares on one pc with windows xp

I am trying to mount two shares on Linux box using XP windows machine. 
Both shares are valid and work independently, but I want both to be 
connected simultaneously. I am able to connect A but in order to connect B 
i have disconnect the A connection. Both shares seem to be set up properly 
and working, just not at the same time.
Thanks, Christopher

On 09/22/2010 08:23 AM, Chris McDonald wrote:
> I am trying to mount two shares on Linux box using XP windows machine. 
> Both shares are valid and work independently, but I want both to be 
> connected simultaneously. I am able to connect A but in order to 
> connect B i have disconnect the A connection. Both shares seem to be 
> set up properly and working, just not at the same time.
> Thanks, Christopher
>

Are you connecting with the same credentials (user name and password?)   
Do both shares require authentication?    I don't think Windows lets you 
connect to the same server with two different sets of credentials at 
one.      The the Linux machine setup as a PDC or just a workgroup 
server?  It is just a work group server do you have a samba account with 
the same username and password as on your XP machine?

Is this XP Pro or home?

On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 08:23 -0400, Chris McDonald wrote:
> I am trying to mount two shares on Linux box using XP windows machine. 
> Both shares are valid and work independently, but I want both to be 
> connected simultaneously. I am able to connect A but in order to connect B 
> i have disconnect the A connection. Both shares seem to be set up properly 
> and working, just not at the same time.
> Thanks, Christopher
> 
MS clients prior to Vista do not allow you to mount shares using
different credentials. The only way around it would be to create a
shortcut to access(not mount) the second share ie
user:pass at IPorNetBIOSName . 
 You could also mount the share from a higher root. That way windows
will prompt you for the uid/pass of the share you're trying to access.
Keep in mind once you've entered credentials Windows will not ask you
again and therfore, you will get an "access denied" when clicking the
other share.

***You might be able to trick Windows by accessing the shares using a
different name ie mount one with the IP and the other using the NetBIOS
name? I doubt this will work but it might be worth a try.*** 
Maybe someone could clarify why this wouldn't work...

Question, do you really need different credentials for shares within the
same server if you're accessing it from the same client?

Phil