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At Thu 15 Jan 2009 15:19:13 UTC, peter <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 14:35 +0000, Anthony Williams wrote: > >> >> What problems are you having? I had trouble when I first set up Samba, >> but everything works now (Ubuntu Intrepid) - my Samba config was wrong. >> > > If I try and log into a windows machine from Ubuntu I keep on getting > asked for a user name and a password. I try everything under the sun > but it is not accepted. (It used to work). However this is just a > precursor to getting my wireless to see the Ubuntu (or Debian) machine. > Well not quite true I can get as far as seeing the machine, but no > further. Trying to log into a Windows machine FROM Ubuntu is different to the other way round. This should be really straightforward --- pass in your Windows logon details as the username+password. Use smbtree to browse the exposed shares on the network, and smbclient to try and log on to a specific share. Anthony -- Anthony Williams Author of C++ Concurrency in Action | http://www.manning.com/williams Custom Software Development | http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk Just Software Solutions Ltd, Registered in England, Company Number 5478976. Registered Office: 15 Carrallack Mews, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7UL, UK -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html