[Samba] net view produces error 5

[Larry Alkoff]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I am debbuging my Kubuntu Linux to Windows XP Professional Service Pack 
> 1 and 2 connection using Andrew Tridgell's excellent diagnosis.txt.
> 
> The test fails on test 5 which should return a list of available shares 
> from the server.
> 
>  From the XP command prompt:
> net view \\kinda
> System error 5 has occurred.
> Access is denied.
> 
> I can't see why this error should be happening.
> Bother users have the same user name.
> The linux password is encrypted but I don't know about the WXP password.


Problem fixed.  Please ignore.

I was trying to do net view \\kinda
as root.  Changing to user fixed it.

Also it was Tridgell 8 not 5.

Larry