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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, James Miller wrote:

> Windows up to 2000 (without any service packs).  Questions that remain for
> me are: would having service packs applied to Win2K have any effect on
> smbclient's ability to connect?  And: will this work with XP and how does
> installation of service packs affect those versions?

I set up a computer with Windows XP Pro for my niece that we will take to
her over the Thanksgiving holidays.  I thought I was done with that awhile
back, but then computer parts started appearing that I could upgrade that
machine with.  As a result, I've been working on it again over the last
day or so.  I decided I could use it to check BL3's smbclient's ability to
access XP shares.  Put that XP machine on my network and made a shared
folder on it, then I booted BL3 and issued:

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smbclient //xp-box-name/xp-box-sharename
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I did not specify a username and password as I had with Win2K, nor did I
give an IP address as I did with Win2K.  It seems I didn't need to.  I was
prompted for a password and, when I entered the password of the XP Pro
system user I had set up (administrative acct--not sure if this matters)
was logged in and could browse the share.  Downloaded a file successfully.
When I tried uploading, it wouldn't work.  I looked at the XP machine and
for shared folders there are separate options that must be enabled for 1)
browsing the share; and 2) writing to it.  Once I enabled write/change
access for the share, I was able to upload a file as well.  So, pretty
much a complete success: BL3 works with XP Pro as well.

This machine has service pack 1 applied and uses an NTFS filesystem.  I'll
bet service pack 2 could present some obstacles, but I have no machine to
try that on.

More success!  Thanks again, Steven.

James