Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 09:58:43AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > Yes, as I wrote, that works fine for NT servers providing a share. I use > > > that with the corresponding entry in /etc/fstab so that I can simply say > > > mount /mountpoint > > > and the rest happens automatically. > > > > > > I now would like to access the C:\ I declared as 'shared' on my desktop. > > > I > > > can't figure out what that would be. Whatever I try yields 'session > > > request > > > to DESKTOP failed'. > > > > > > Any idea? > > > > You said you "would like to access the C:\ I declared as 'shared' > > on my desktop." By "desktop", do you mean your workstation > > Yes. > > > computer, or do you mean your Windows Desktop (shell program)? If > > No, I mean C:\ as the main partition on the 'desktop' computer. > > > the latter, you can't mean "C:\", yet the error message that you > > mention indicates the latter. > > > > So, what directory have you shared, "C:\" or > > "C:\WINNT\PROFILES\YOURUSERNAME\DESKTOP", and with what > > permissions? > > Permissions are read-access for everyone. Can I read those from Linux via > Samba? > > Thanks, Dirk >
Yes, you can. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I just did it on my boxen. I'll think about it and get back with you later. Kent [EMAIL PROTECTED]
