sshd: can't mount samba shares (update)

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:

> I have a Windows XP64 and XP (32-bit) virtual machine running on the
> same actual hardware, both with a cygwin installation, running sshd.
> When I ssh into the XP64 machine and issue
>
>   net use s: \\\\machine-name\\share-name password /USER:username
>
> it works just fine, but not on the 32-bit XP machine:
>
>   System error 5 has occurred.
>
>   Access is denied.
>
> The only difference I can see is that on the XP64 machine, the user
> that runs the sshd service is ".\sshd_server" whereas it's the local
> system user on the XP32 machine.  I accepted (at least I think so) the
> offer of privilege separation in both installations.

Rejecting privilege separation on the XP32 machine doesn't help.
After restoring privilege separation, I can mount the shares for
cygwin using "mount", but still can't make it available to native
Win32 tools with "net use."

Again, any help appreciated.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com


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