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Hi, I have come to my wits end again (lately, it's a very short trip). I have been trying to connect to Samba 3.0.21b but Windows keeps throwing up the logon dialog. I'm using "Map network drive" to try to mount this share. It seems the problem is only on the Windows side since I have tested the connection through the Unix account. Both user id and password work fine.

Hi, I am relatively new to Samba although I've installed it and used it before my knowledge is very shallow. Environment: Samba version is: 3.0.21a Platform: Sun X4200 M2, AMD Opteron running Solaris 10 Client: Windows Vista Situation: I am trying to allow a user to copy folders from her desktop system to the SMB share that is mounted on her computer. I am using a different login to

Hi,I'm wondering if anyone has run into this but I found out that I can't use Window's VPN connection and logon to Samba using Aliases. I can log into the server using the server's main NetBIOS name but I can't use any of the aliases. Whilst inside the network the aliases work fine.Any ideas on how to get around this?# Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.1.200

Hi, I have been trying to connect to Samba over the Internet as I have static IP that is publicly available for connection. I can use this IP to connect to our Intranet web site but Samba doesn't work correctly when trying to connect to it from outside. Our internal network addresses work fine. Even a VPN connection, which gets our internal address scheme works. But, when trying to use

Hi, I have been reading the older O'Reilly book on Samba. This book explains in general the concept of NetBIOS and some other related areas. Do you have any recommendations as to what is available to read that will take me through the world of Windows networking? I am sitting here reading these messages and see things like "requires a flat namespace to function" or "dfs stub

Hi, Problem: Out of the blue Vista on my laptop decides it doesn't want to mount a share over PPTP VPN connection. I can mount the share in the local network but I can't do it over VPN. When trying to access the server, using "net view \\172.16.1.71" it shows the error in the subject. Platform/Versions: OS: Sun Solaris 10 11/06 release Samba version: