[Fwd: Re: [jcifs] Newbie: authentication problem on win xp home]

[Massimo Ferrari]

Mike,
thank you for your answer!
1) -> that may be the source of the problem...
2) -> I tried with the machine name, same result (exception)
3) -> AFAIK the loopback adapter is running properly on my laptop
Best,
Massimo

Michael B Allen wrote:
> There are numerous problems with this.
> 
> 1) I'm not sure XP home will work as it's file sharing capabilities are
> greatly simplified (e.g. force guest is on by default I think).
> 
> 2) The domain should be the name of the machine. Is the name of your
> machine really 'localhost'? That would be very strange since 'localhost'
> is an alias commonly used by DNS resolver libraries.
> 
> 3) Windows Laptops frequently disable loopback networking. If you are
> trying to communicate with the local machine you may need to install a
> special loopback adapter.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:19:18 +0200
> Massimo Ferrari <massimo.ferrari at rcfmedia.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hey all, a newbie question:
>>
>> UniAddress mydomaincontroller = UniAddress.getByName( "192.168.186.1" );
>> NtlmPasswordAuthentication mycreds = new NtlmPasswordAuthentication( 
>> "localhost", "mapo", "" );
>> try {
>>    SmbSession.logon( mydomaincontroller, mycreds );
>> } catch( SmbAuthException sae ) {
>>    // AUTHENTICATION FAILURE
>>    sae.printStackTrace();
>> } catch( SmbException se ) {
>>    // NETWORK PROBLEMS?
>>    se.printStackTrace();
>> }
>>
>> 192.168.186.1 is my laptop running windows xp home
>> mapo is my user name (I removed the password)
>> No way to get logged in, I always get a jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException: 
>> Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>>
>> What can be the problem? Don't blame me, I know it must be something 
>> stupid...
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
> 
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