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Subject:	Re: Accessing SMB shares without explicit mounting
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Quoting "Jeremy Bopp" <jeremy AT bopp DOT net>:

> It sounds like your Samba configuration requires authentication in order
> to access this share.  Are you able to access the share as
> \\server\share using the Windows file explorer without first mapping the
> share to a drive or authenticating in some other way?  Cygwin uses
> Windows to handle this sort of operation, so if Windows can't access the
> share without authentication, neither can Cygwin.
>
> If authentication is required, you'll either need to map the share to a
> drive letter or reconfigure your Samba share to allow guests to have
> read and possibly write access depending on your needs.

Thank you - this has pointed me in the right direction...

The main problem I've got now is how to allow write access to the=20=20
share from this scenario without allowing it from outside... but I am=20=20
working on that.

--=20
Phil Reynolds
mail: phil AT tinsleyviaduct DOT com
Web: http://www.tinsleyviaduct.com/phil/
Waltham 66, Emley Moor 69, Droitwich 79, Windows 95


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