accessing c$ on home network not conistent.

[GS]

I am running xp pro sp2 on 4 machines, 3 fixed or static machines and
one laptop I use for work. I can access the c$, d$ etc. shares on all
the fixed machines fine from the other fixed machines, but not my laptop
for some reason, although I am pretty sure the laptop was accessing the
shares as well, but it won't now.

I set up local security settings-network access:sharing and security
model for local accounts to "classic - local users authenticate as
themselves"

On the 3 fixed machines I set myself up with the same username and
password on all, and I am an administrator on all these machines. On the
laptop I have a different username and password but I am an admin on it
as well (I actually use the ibm fingerprint utility)

When I am prompted for the username and password which one is it looking
for? for the one on the machine the share is on? or from the machine
trying to access the share? do I need to have the domain ie.
mshome\username in the username field?

I do have regular shares set up for other users, but I want to be able
to access all drives and any directory on any machine from any machine,
(much like I can on our LAN at work because I have domain admin rights)

Is there anything else I need to do to allow this?

Can/should I set up a regular domain with an older machine I have? Can
this be done with a router? (I have a buffalo whr-hp running dd-wrt
firmware)

I can set up a domain if I have too, but I dont think it should be
neccesary for what I want to do here.

thanks!

 

[John Wunderlich]

On the 3 fixed machines I set myself up with the same username and
password on all, and I am an administrator on all these machines.
On the laptop I have a different username and password but I am an
admin on it as well (I actually use the ibm fingerprint utility)

When I am prompted for the username and password which one is it
looking for? for the one on the machine the share is on? or from
the machine trying to access the share? do I need to have the
domain ie. mshome\username in the username field?

When it prompts you, it is looking for credentials on the machine you
are trying to connect to. To authenticate to a local account on the
target machine, you should enter: computername\username in the
username field.

HTH,
John

 

[GS]

When it prompts you, it is looking for credentials on the machine you
are trying to connect to. To authenticate to a local account on the
target machine, you should enter: computername\username in the
username field.

HTH,
John

that may be what I was doing wrong then, I think I was entering
mshome\username - thinking it was like a domain.

I'll try it when I get home tonight. OTOH tho, when I just enter in a
username from one of the other fixed machines it lets me in ok, but not
on the laptop..

 

[GS]

that may be what I was doing wrong then, I think I was entering
mshome\username - thinking it was like a domain.

I'll try it when I get home tonight. OTOH tho, when I just enter in a
username from one of the other fixed machines it lets me in ok, but not
on the laptop..

update -

Did not work, entered computername\username and I still cannot connect
from the laptop. I must be missing some setting somewhere, because I
tried accessing the c$ share on another machine from the laptop and it
connected fine. The error said something about more than one session per
user (I forget exactly what it said) so I even logged out of the machine
I was trying to connect to and got the same thing. What I find strange
is that I can connect from any desktop machine to any other desktop
machine, it's the laptop that gives me grief just to this one machine.

frustrating!

 

[John Wunderlich]

Did not work, entered computername\username and I still cannot
connect from the laptop. I must be missing some setting somewhere,
because I tried accessing the c$ share on another machine from the
laptop and it connected fine. The error said something about more
than one session per user (I forget exactly what it said) so I
even logged out of the machine I was trying to connect to and got
the same thing. What I find strange is that I can connect from any
desktop machine to any other desktop machine, it's the laptop that
gives me grief just to this one machine.

Sorry, that's a strange one.
Your 'one session' error might indicate that you are already connected
to that machine under a different set of credentials. Right-click on
"My network places"->Disconnect Network Drive and make sure there are
no connections to the target machine before attempting a new
connection.

Good Luck,
john

 

[GS]

Sorry, that's a strange one.
Your 'one session' error might indicate that you are already connected
to that machine under a different set of credentials. Right-click on
"My network places"->Disconnect Network Drive and make sure there are
no connections to the target machine before attempting a new
connection.

Good Luck,
john

Thats what the problem was!, I had several connections under my network
places that were connected to shares on that particular pc, as soon as I
disconnected them all I was off to the races!

Thanks!

 

[John Wunderlich]

Thats what the problem was!, I had several connections under my
network places that were connected to shares on that particular
pc, as soon as I disconnected them all I was off to the races!

Thanks!

Glad you found the problem.
Thanks for the feedback.
-- John