Linux Ubuntu 10 can't access windows shares

[smariner]

Hello - I am running Linux Ubuntu 10.04 and I currently have this computer and another Windows 7 PC connected together in the same workgroup. When I look at the Network on the Ubuntu File Browser, I can see the windows 7 pc there, but when I try to open it, I get the message Password Required - it wants a username, password and domain (the domain box is filled in with the workgroup name). Whatever set of credentials I try to input, the box just pops up again asking for password. Password protected sharing is disabled on the windows 7 pc and I have even tried disabling Windows firewall to no effect. I am very new to Ubuntu and Linux and am therefore completely stuck - what I really want is to access a shared printer connected to the Windows 7 pc from the Linux machine.

Any help would be great!!

Thanks

[coopstah13]

you said password is disabled, did you try just pressing enter without entering any information in?

also, i'm not sure samba supports windows 7 file sharing version anyway

[smariner]

Hi,

I have tried it with no username + password, but the connect button becomes greyed out - it will not let me try to connect unless all 3 boxes (domain, username and password) are filled in. As for windows 7 incompatability, I have no idea! Anyone got any other clue?

[TuxQuest]

Well, it worked fine for me. Here is what I did :

On the win7 box, I created a folder smbshare. I right clicked on it > advanced sharing > then I added my Win7 user with full control, and deleted the "everyone read" permission.

I made sure my Win7 had a fixed ip.

Then from the linux box, I typed smb://192.168.x.x/smbshare in Nautilus address bar.

(you may also type a hostname if you have put it in /etc/hosts)

It prompted me for my user and password, then I don't remember if I typed nameofwinpc\username or just username and the password. Then I was prompted if I wanted to store the password in the keyring on the linux box. I answered yes + I also saved the bookmark in Nautilus, and now I can mount my windows folder on the linux box in one click.

Cheers,

M.E.

[smariner]

Hello
I have made a discovery:

I also have another laptop in the workgroup running Windows 7 premium. My Ubuntu will happily go into that computer and view all the shares using the password for a user from that pc, but the desktop (running 7 professional) will not accept any form of username / password to view its shared folders! Any further thoughts??

[coopstah13]

sounds like you have a configuration issue on the windows 7 professional machine, since ubuntu shouldn't care since both are running the same version of the file sharing software

[smariner]

Ah - that makes sense! Could you possibly tell me exactly what all the settings would need to be on the Windows 7 Professional so Linux can access it??

Thanks for your help!

[Manko10]

Maybe it's an issue with SMB3 which Microsoft introduced with Windows 7. I'm not sure whether Samba 3.5 already supports SMB3 (I think not, maybe Samba 4 does) or if it's just SMB2. You could try disabling SMB3 in the Windows registry: Solution for vista and windows 7 SMB network share
You shouldn't need to disable SMB2 as well since Samba 3.5 supports it but if you still encounter problems also try disabling SMB2.

[smariner]

hi - i tried the Samba registry fix, and no joy - I didn't think it would work, since Ubuntu will connect to the other Home Premium Laptop, it just keeps popping up with the username/domain/password box if i try to connect to the Window s7 Professional pc. Very odd!

[shonay]

Did you guys ever manage to get this problem sorted out? If so please can you advise me how to sort it out.

I am having exactly the same problem!

Cannot access Windows 7 Ultimate (keeps asking for username, domain, password)

However I can access my laptop which has Windows 7 Home Premium on it.

I checked the Windows 7 Ultimate system has AVG Firewall installed on it, i disabled the firewall - but this didn't make any difference.
I checked the credentials on the Windows 7 system and entered the exact same username/password I would use to login on that machine, but it still keeps popping up with the authentication dialog box in ubuntu.

I am using Ubuntu 10.10.

Please help!

ALSO TAKE NOTE: Prior to this intallation of ubuntu, I had installed it using "wubi" to test it out. The networking worked fine once I entered the username and password in the dialog. So i was very satisfied and then decided to install a fresh copy of ubuntu completely taking off my windows. So basically, it worked fine in the wubi install but not in the actual one - just in case that helps?