No, it's not to remain mounted. That was to check to see if you could access your Windows share using your Windows machine's loopback adapter.
I primarily use Linux and rarely boot Windows. The latest version of Windows I have is v.7 and I understand you are using v.10. Assuming you have your OS/2 software configured correctly, it's possible you might also run into security negotiation issues with Windows.
The following settings are to make your Windows security less restrictive and are applicable to Windows v.7 but could very well apply to your Windows 10 host. This will weaken your Windows security, but will allow older clients, such as OS/2, access. I have tested this using a Warp 4 client and NetDrive connecting to a Windows 7 share.
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1) Type secpol.msc at the Windows command prompt
Browse to "Local Policies" - "Security Options". Look for "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level" and open it. Click on the menu and select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated". Apply the setting.
2) In the Advanced sharing settings page of Network and sharing center, you need to have it set as Work/Home profile.
-Enable network discovery
-Turn on file and print sharing
-Turn off password protected sharing
-Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
3) Enter "gpedit.msc" at the Windows command prompt. Open "Computer Configuration"/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Settings. In the right pane, enable the following policies:
-Enable network discovery
-Turn on file and print sharing
-Turn off password protected sharing
-Use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers
Hi Sean, something good has finally happened after having applied your last suggestions : Samba seems alive ! Here is the command responses in the OS2 command window (at password request I've just hitted [send]:
[C:\]smbclient \\192.168.56.1\Users
gethostname failed
gethostname failed
Enter WORKGROUP\GUEST's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> dir
. DR 0 Sat Jul 7 13:06:16 2018
.. DR 0 Sat Jul 7 13:06:16 2018
Default DHR 0 Wed Sep 26 20:29:58 2018
Default.migrated D 0 Sun Sep 4 19:20:29 2016
desktop.ini AHS 174 Sat Jun 16 17:26:53 2018
Public DR 0 Wed Sep 26 20:28:39 2018
user D 0 Sun Jul 31 08:38:03 2016
239907945 blocks of size 4096. 178492899 blocks available
smb: \>
now, this is working in the OS2 command window but still cannot get it work in the Net Drive panel -Mount resource configuration (smbfs plugin) where I keep having an error alert when at the end I hit DONE, sure 100% that I'm doing mistakes in filling the fields values.
Another small step to the goal
