[Samba] Unable to access Samba shares from Windows XP home edition

Anders Widman andewid at tnonline.net
Thu Feb 21 11:11:15 GMT 2002


You should be able to access Samba. You could choose "map to guest"
and set "guest account" to a valid linux accountt, or to root. But
that is not a very safe way to do it.

Have a look at: http://www.installkernel.com/samba



//Anders



> Can Win XP home edition access Samba shares?  I have a wide-open smb.conf
> and still cannot access.

> Do I have to purchase XP Professional?  That's not going to happen.





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