[Samba] Usernames & Passwords

[Gerard Seibert]

Jean-Jacques Moulis <jj at isy.liu.se>

> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:50:10 -0500 Gerard Seibert <gerard at seibercom.net> wrote:
> 
> GS> Using the following command, I can access a share on one of the WinXPmachines:
> GS> smbclient //SERVER/SHARE -u NAME%PASSWORD
> GS> I now find that I can also access the share using an incorrect 'NAME' or
> GS> 'PASSWORD' or both. In fact, I can just use an incorrect 'PASSWORD' with
> GS> no name, and I can still access the share.
> GS> Obviously, something is configured wrong on the WinXP machine, but I am
> GS> not sure what. Perhaps someone might have a suggestion.
> 
> Your XP machine is using "Simple file sharing"!
> nothing else is available in XP Home Edition!
> 
> On XP pro revert to classic sharing by turning off "simple file sharing" in Folder options
> 
Thanks, that corrected the problem. In fact, it also corrected the
problem I was having trying to run the command:

smbclient -L SERVER

That use to always produce an error. Now it works correctly.

d:-)

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Gerard Seibert
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