Samba Authentication With Vista


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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 :(

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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)

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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...

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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.

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