hjf288 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Hi basically I have a Vista system configured for non password protected, file sharing over the network. The kicker is that my Linux Debian 4 system running KDE 3.5 can browse the shares, but cannot download/access/read files... It can list them but not open them without asking for authentication. Now when I mount it manually using mount -t smbfs //terminus/incoming /home/mounttest/ The password prompt appears and i just enter it blank. It works perfectly and I can access my files. How do I go about solving this problem - It occurs in SMB4k as well :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2008 Seems to me that there was (is?) a mount option to pass a username and password. I don't see why they couldn't be passed as blank if that is what it takes to authorize. Use the -o option, and pass it username=xxx,password=xxx and give it a try. (replace the xxx with valid usernames and passwords, or try leaving blank) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjf288 Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 When I use the mount command with no username and password its cool.. Sorry it was late and i didnt really explain properly... When browsing the shares using Konqueror or SMB4K I cant access the files in the share because it asks for authentication.. and it doesnt work leaving them blank (which i basically want since Vista is configured for non passworded sharing) But mounting with no password is fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 11, 2008 Ok, question: When you mount, do you execute the command in a root shell? And, when you 'browse' uing Konquorer, I presume you do this as a lesser-priveleged user? That could be the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjf288 Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 No i tried browsing using Konquror as Root to no avail.. I execut the mount command as root also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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