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Mounting Samba from Windows XP

Please READ this first.

Domain Membership Warning

If your laptop has been configured as a Domain Member (for example, at another University), and you still wish to retain your Domain Membership, ignore the following instructions and get in touch with your Point of Contact (PoC). If you proceed, your Domain Membership will break.

END OF WARNING

In order to mount your home directory, please follow these directions

Here we are assuming the Windows 2000 style desktop in XP (not XP style).

1. Ensure that your Windows box is a member of the CSLAB workgroup.
   1. To check this:
   2. Right click on "My Computer"
   3. Left click on "Properties"
   4. Click on the "Network Identification" tab
   5. Click on "Properties" button
   6. Ensure that your machine is a member of the Workgroup: CSLAB
   7. If it is not, change it by supplying CSLAB in the text box. (This will require a reboot)
2. Now map your home directory.
   1. Right click "My Computer", and left click on "Map Network Drive ..."
   2. In the pop up window perform the following steps:
      1. Select a Drive letter (usually H:)
      2. Under Folder, supply the following string: \\smb\yourname If you are using the WIFI to access your home directory use instead: \\smb.cs.toronto.edu\yourname
      3. Select "Reconnect at logon", if you wish this drive to be automatically mapped for you each time you start your computer.
      4. Click the "Finish" button

If you use the same username and password for your Windows box as for your Unix account, your drive will be mapped for you. If you use a different username and password, you will be prompted for your Unix username and password.

If your login fails, here are some gotchas:

1. If you receive an error message, the chances are that there is a problem with your password.
2. If your password is longer than 8 characters, only supply the first 8 characters.
3. If your password does contain an '[' or a ']', change it so that it does not. SAMBA can balk when offered such passwords.
4. If this still does not work, you might have to resynch your password with our SAMBA password file. The easiest way to do this is to reset your password via passwd. Wait 30 minutes and try again.