Samba with Windows XP client

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Tue Nov 3 22:28:04 UTC 2009


Dave Ihnat wrote:

>> I've tried the above command, but the result is exactly the same.
>> I can connect to harriet:C , say, but when I browse
>> eg to Documents and Settings\tim
>> permission to list is refused.
> 
> You have to make sure that permissions on the Windows box allow the
> user/password with which you mounted the drive to access the folder(s)
> on the remote machine.  It sounds as if that's not the case.

Thanks for the response.
What puzzles me is that I never have any problem
accessing all files and folders if I login on the Windows machine
(with the same name and password that I use in Samba).

I must admit I don't understand the Windows XP Pro permission setup;
Can you suggest a document that describes this?

> On the Windows box, set the Administrator password (XP Pro), or make
> sure your account has administrative rights (XP Home).
> 
> Then make sure that account--Administrator, or your account--has full
> rights on all files/folders on the drive.  This is more problematic on
> XP Home machines, since you don't have the full security model available
> to you.

How exactly does one determine if one has "full rights" on a folder?
Doesn't the fact that I can browse through a folder on the Windows machine
show that I have full rights on the folder?

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Timothy Murphy  
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