Problems connecting to Windows ME

Raven dmstowell at ameritech.net
Sun Oct 7 19:56:02 GMT 2001


On 2001.10.07 12:51 Rob Judd wrote:
> I have done the following:
> 
> root at localhost:~# smbclient -L RICHARD -U richard
> added interface ip=192.168.1.9 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password: 
> 
> 	Sharename      Type      Comment
> 	---------      ----      -------
> 	PRINTER2       Printer   
> 	PRINTER$       Disk      
> 	PRINTER        Printer   
> 	MYDOCUMENTS    Disk      
> 	IPC$           IPC       Remote Inter Process Communication
> 
> 	Server               Comment
> 	---------            -------
> 	RICHARD              Unknown User
> 	WWW                  Samba Server
> 
> 	Workgroup            Master
> 	---------            -------
>         BROWN                RICHARD
> 
> When I enter the password at the prompt it is accepted just fine.  But
> when I try to connect to the share I get this:
> 
> root at localhost:~# smbclient //richard/MYDOCUMENTS  -U richard      
> added interface ip=192.168.1.9 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password: 
> tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair
> in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
> 

Try starting the smbclient session without a username or password. If
MYDOCUMENTS is a public share (guest only = yes), using a password or
username will block you.

Raven
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