Samba and XP machines

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Spruil <spruil at sdf-eu.org> wrote:
From: Spruil <spruil at sdf-eu.org>
Subject: Re: Samba and XP machines
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 10:52 AM

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:27:29 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:

> Hey, no expert here on Samba but I know that the user name and password
> must be the same on both windows and linux machines.  Also the workgroup
> name must be the same on both machines. If you don't know that they
are
> then check to see what they are on both machines and make them the same
> as needed.  The folders must be shared also, I think in both smb.conf
> and on you ubuntu machine.  Other with more knowledge will help but this
> will give you a start.

I'm not really sure where to come into this thread, but I'm pretty sure

this same user same group only relates to Windows 98. I don't think the 
problem exists otherwise.

YMBR, but the case in point envolved a lan in my home using a Windows XP Pro wifi connected and a Gutsy machine(or maybe a Dapper machine before I upgraded) direct wired to 2Wire DSL wireless modem/router combo. And I don 't think my memory is that faulty but Karl wrote the manual.  I think that maybe Karl was assuming something else.  Assuming your local home network joined a windows workgroup could the workgroup name be different on several computers in that network. It wouldn't seem so to me logically but as I said "I'n no expert of samba or networking" no expert on anything actually.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net