problems connecting ubuntu smb client to windows 7 server

[luvshines]

Oops!! I totally forgot that it is Windows on the other side
smbpasswd won't run

Just as a sanity check, are you able to access Win7 share from the same windows machine with this username and password ?

[jordanthompson]

Yup! I can access the share(s) from other windows 7/Vista machines using the same username/password. I was curious why the connection window was filling in workgroup with "WORKGROUP" (which I would always change to "THOMPCO").
I have changed the smb.cnf file so that the default workgroup is now "THOMPCO" so the window now automatically fills it in correctly (this was just an asside )

[MarkHSte]

I'm having a similar problem, we have a number of windows 7 PCs on our network, about half I can connect to and half I can't which would suggest a setting on windows 7, I've turned of the firewall and UAC and matched up the local security settings but still no luck, I've currently worked around the problem by using autofs to automatically mount the share.

[luvshines]

And when I add a password I get this:
jordan@surfer:~$ smbclient -L andrea -Ujordan%myPassword -WTHOMPCO
session setup failed: SUCCESS - 0

, should not fail with password when it is successful without it.
Stumped !!
Can you run it with debug level 10 with password ?

[MarkHSte]

My PC was one of the Windows 7 PC's that was working, today windows update installed Windows Live Essentials 2011 and that stopped it from working, removing messanger didn't resolve the problem I had to remove all of the Live Essential pakages before linux would connect to my machine.

[Mark Phelps]

... I had to remove all of the Live Essential pakages before linux would connect to my machine.

Do you WANT the Win7 machines to become infested with malware and viruses? You've essentially disabled everything in Win7 that prevents that very thing from happening!

[MarkHSte]

Do you WANT the Win7 machines to become infested with malware and viruses? You've essentially disabled everything in Win7 that prevents that very thing from happening!

No I haven't windows live essentials 2011 includes the following packages

messenger, photo gallery, movie maker, windows live mesh, writer, family safty, mail, messenger companion, bing bar, outlook connector pack and silverlight.

http://explore.live.com/windows-live...tials?os=other


none of these stop viruses or spyware and even if they did I've still got my none ms antivirus package to protect me.

[Drisanna]

I too had to remove Live Essentials 2011 to be able to access my shared Win7 drives/directories from my Ubuntu to machine. Prior to the release of the 2011 version, it was possible to just uninstall some little sub-part about "login assistant" or some such, and the rest of the Essentials would work fine.

Sadly, this no longer seems to be the case.

[jordanthompson]

Yeah baby! That did it! I can now easily access my ******* 7 files and printers. Thanks a bunch!

[luvshines]

Yeah baby! That did it! I can now easily access my ******* 7 files and printers. Thanks a bunch!

Glad that your issue is resolved

Don't know why Win7 is installing more and more s/w's which is breaking Samba sharing