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manolos

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-06-06

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arch linux access to windows xp with samba (gnome)

hi! i have a wireless router with lan to my windows pc and i want access folders, files and all the stuff from my arch laptop with wireless or lan conection. firewall is disabled from windows and router. i have added "manolos" to samba users. im trying ctrl+L, smb://192.168.2.2 and samba asks me for a pass. i dont have pass. what should i do?
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perbh

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Re: arch linux access to windows xp with samba (gnome)

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firecat53

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Re: arch linux access to windows xp with samba (gnome)

I believe it's the username and password to your windows PC that you need, unless you have the sharing permissions set to everyone for that folder in XP. If you want the XP computer to be mounted persistently, you can add something like this to /etc/fstab:

//192.168.0.100/foldername /mnt/windows cifs noauto,user,noatime,username=XPusername,password=XPpassword,uid=1000,gid=100,workgroup=WORKGROUPNAME,dir_mode=0777  0 0

or change noauto to auto if want it mounted each time you boot.

Good luck!
Scott

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Re: arch linux access to windows xp with samba (gnome)

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sam … e_to_fstab

Also see the article in its entirety.

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manolos

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-06-06

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Re: arch linux access to windows xp with samba (gnome)

thank you for the help!