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XP cannot map Samba shares on a UBUNTU.

Asked by Mathew

I'm using Ubuntu for sharing some folders having a SAMBA as a file server installed

Now my client computer runs on XP. Unfortunately, accessing the shared folders through XP is not working.

After trying around I found out that if I share some folder on XP, my ubuntu computer is able to map to that.

I'm able to ping both computers from both sides.

The command : sudo smbclient -L //192.168.1.5 -U mathen
lists succesfully the folders I'm sharing on SAMBA

When mapping from XP on to the SAMBA shared folders I'm getting the message:

"The network path \\192.168.1.5\data could not be found."

Any Idea how to solve this ? Appreciate any help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

smbtree

Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You may also want to run:

sudo smbpasswd -a $USER

you can now authenticate as $USER (your username) with the password you set. If you don't get challenged for a password then samba isn't correctly configured.

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