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vahnx

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Registered: 2010-08-29

Posts: 10

Password required for desktop

My desktop is running Windows 7 and I can access it's network shares fine from any other Windows machine just by browsing the network. In OS X, it prompts me to enter a username but if I click "Guest" it allows me to browse the shares. In Arch, if I double click my "Desktop" in Network (using Gnome), I get a login prompt, "Password required for Desktop". I tried my desktop's username, the correct domain name, and a blank password (since none is set on my desktop) and it doesn't let me in. I also tried typing guest, Guest, and even my Arch machines username and password to no avail. How can I fix this? Is there something I must edit in my /etc/samba/smb.conf to allow me guest access a Windows 7 network share?

PS I can mount the share fine using 'sudo mount -t cifs //network/location /local/destination'

Last edited by vahnx (2010-09-06 10:56:36)

lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

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Re: Password required for desktop

Did you try this?: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sam … om_Windows

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kdorf

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From: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Registered: 2008-06-30

Posts: 17

Re: Password required for desktop

If lagagnon's suggestion doesn't work, I would say try this:

[global]
client lanman auth = no
client ntlmv2 auth = yes

Where I work we are on an Active Directory in which *only* NTLMv2 is allowed to authenticate, and Samba clients must explicitly set "client ntlmv2 auth = yes" in order for them to connect to shares.

vahnx

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Registered: 2010-08-29

Posts: 10

Re: Password required for desktop

I still get: