X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <20100808204054.75014yqiimrcvfie@topdeck.tinsleyviaduct.com> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:40:54 +0100 From: "Phil Reynolds" To: "Jeremy Bopp" Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Accessing SMB shares without explicit mounting References: <20100808094231.176859z0vd0n1j3r@topdeck.tinsleyviaduct.com> <4C5EDAEF.2080408@bopp.net> In-Reply-To: <4C5EDAEF.2080408@bopp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Quoting "Jeremy Bopp" : > 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@tinsleyviaduct.com Web: http://www.tinsleyviaduct.com/phil/ Waltham 66, Emley Moor 69, Droitwich 79, Windows 95 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple