Samba and XP Question

[Mark Komarinski]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:41:31AM -0400, Ed Lawson wrote:
> I assume there is a simple answer to this question, but looking at the
> Samba docs and Google searches did not turn up a simple answer or any
> answer it seemed.  I recently added an XP Pro workstation to a
> simple, workgroup type network using Samba 2.  The XP box can see and
> use the Samba shares without any difficulty.  The issue that arises is
> that each time the user turns on the machine, the mapped drive is not
> connected until they give a user name and password to connect to the
> network drive.  The question is how do you make the connecting to the
> mapped drive automatic?  Under Xp is seems the user does not need to
> give a user name and password upon logging since they simply click on
> their user name icon and their preferences are loaded.  Perhaps that is
> where the rub comes in?

Yep.  You have to give a username and password at login time.  By default,
that is what is sent to Samba.  If it doesn't work, then you're prompted
for a password, which is why it doesn't autoconnect.

-Mark
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