I have recently setup a linux machine using Ubuntu 8 server to use as a LAMP server for developing in-house as well as somewhere to backup to.
I have set up samba service and everything works fine, i have created user accounts with usernames and passwords that match those on the xp machines so they can access the various shares just fine, the problem comes when accessing it from os x.
my os x machine is what i code on and design on but it can’t access the SMB shares on the linux machine. When i hit connect i can see the list of shares but no matter what username/password combo i use from root to a standard user it dosn’t allow me to connect.
I either get authentication failed invalid name / password or i get a message about not being able to connect as the alias is no longer available.
Any help would be appreciated as i’ve set this up to save me keep ftp’ing to my live server and the only way i can transfer files at the minute is to use my xp machine to copy from os x to the xp machine then from xp machine to linux which is massive hassle.
James