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OS/2: Connect to Windows 7

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Mike Kölling:
On one peer network with some W7 machines I am able to connect on other it is refused. Checking W7 settings seems to be equal for me over all the machines so I have no clue why different results popping up.
Greetings from Potsdam/Germany,
Mike

Eugene Gorbunoff:
> turn off most (or all) of the security stuff in windows

Yes,

So, what options to change? What parameters to verify?

eCS 2.1 / eCS 2.2 manual instructions don't work. So.. what OS/2 users were doing during the last 10 years? How do we connect to Windows 7?!

Murphy:
Using samba in ECS/OS/2 check smb.conf file, make sure workgroup name is the same as Windows.
"smb.conf file found in mptn\etc\samba" Must be using samba of course.
Make sure that something is shared in smb.conf
eg:
[C]
        comment = Drive C: (JFS)
        path = C:/
        read only = No
        guest ok = Yes
        hide files = /*. SF/root/

Start the samba service

Windows 7 setup.
Create a folder/directory eg I use a folder called "Public". eg: c:\Public
Right click on your new or old folder you wish to share.
Select share with specific people.
Choose "everybody" and allow read and write permissions.

Right click on the same folder and select properties/sharing and select advanced sharing.
select "Share this folder"
Apply,ok, close window.

Now go to control panel and find network and sharing center under advanced sharing settings.
Under both "home or work" and "Public"
turn on network discovery.
turn on file and printer sharing
turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders
Under password protected sharing turn off password protected sharing.

I only share one folder and only put what needs to be shared, and I turn off the default share on the
folder called Users.
So at the end of this you should be able to share a folder with NO password.
I share all my drives on ECS2.2 and one folder on each windows machine with no problems.
Use these notes at your own risk!!! :)
 
Hope this helps and happy networking.

ivan:
Mathew,

I assume your directions are for running samba SERVER on OS/2-eCS and seeing it on win 7. 

The big problem is trying to use samba CLIENT on OS/2-eCS and seeing the samba server on win 7.  When that problem is solved a lot of people will be happy.

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote ---So, what options to change? What parameters to verify?
--- End quote ---

Google using XP with windows 7, and it should get you into the right area, but I think windows 7 will no longer allow anything that it doesn't know about.

One other thing, that may still work, is to get http://www.88watts.net/download/netbeui.zip, which might still work in windows 7 (I haven't tried it). That should allow OS/2 to use NETBIOS (not NETBIOS over TCPIP) to connect to windows 7. You may run into problems doing it though because some devices (routers, WiFi, etc.) won't pass the data packets.


--- Quote ---The big problem is trying to use samba CLIENT on OS/2-eCS and seeing the samba server on win 7.
--- End quote ---

SAMBA server on windows 7? I never tried that. I just use the windows built in server, which doesn't talk to our client. I don't think the problem is with the server itself, the problem is getting past the security crap in windows 7. We probably have the same problems with OSX, but I don't know that, for sure.

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