Usernames & Passwords
- From: Gerard Seibert <gerard (at) seibercom.net>
- Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:02:21 -0500
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
gerard (at) seibercom.net
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