Accessing Windows Shares

[jonny_noog]

Hello,

I have just recently installed Debian Sarge, along with gnome and using gdm, still very new to Debian. I also have another PC running Windows XP Pro and a laptop running XP Home. The network is connected using a D-link router, all PCs go through it. It appears that the Debian box can see the Windows shares on the Windows boxes, I guess using samba, although I have not configured it at all.

My problem is that if I use my non-root account on the Debian box, I can access the shared folders on the laptop using the GUI but if I try to access the shared folders on the XP Pro PC using the GUI, I get a message saying I don't have permission to access the network resource. If I login to gdm as root, I then have permission to access the XP Pro PC as well.

My question is: How can I make it so that I can access the shared folders on the XP Pro PC using gdm but without logging in to gdm as root? Hope that's clear enough. :P

[iwanabeguru]

i think you need add yourself to a group but what it is exactly , i don't know

[jonny_noog]

OK then, thanks, I'll keep at it. Am I on the right track though with samba do you think? Where do I actually look on the Debian box for settings related to these windows shares and their permissions?

I was actually a little surprised that sarge was able to see my other Windows PCs straight away without me having to do anything other than plug it in to the router with DHCP enabled, pleasantly surprised I have to say. I had some experience some years ago with Red Hat and remember things being a lot more... manual back then, in regards to setting up samba. Unfortunately, I really don't remember anything about samba aside from the fact that it exists :P. Must get my old books out and take a look again.