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setting up folder sharing between ECS and win2k?

Started by os2monkey, 2007.10.17, 07:03:00

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os2monkey

Hi,
I am trying to be able to access a windows shared folder from ecs 1.2R.
I setup the workgroup name the same for both systems. I installed netbeui on the windows machine and set LMAnnounce to 1 in the registry of the windows machine (since I read both of those are required on another site).
I went to local network / lan login (workgroup) on ECS and it prompts for a username and password. I don't know what username it's asking for.. since I never set one up on the ecs machine - whatever I type in for the username/password is just resulting in a login error.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or know of a good documentation source that tells me how to do what I am trying to do?


os2monkey

Well I got a little farther with this but still have some issues.
I am able to connect now by going to local network/lan login (workgroup)  if I enter the username and password of my win2k user on the win2k computer (although it complains that the user is a duplicate and I will not be able to message).
I then can go to "start file and print client" and that loads up fine. I then tried to add the share as a folder drive so that I could browse it by going to local network/sharing and connecting. The "sharing and connecting" window loads up, and it sees the win2k share fine and allows me to assign a drive letter, but if I actually go to browse it via drives, the contents show up as blank on ECS.
The odd thing is I can drag a document into the win2kshare folder, and it actually shows up if I go to my win2k machine, but the win2k machine also reports an error if I try to do this.

Another odd thing is that on ECS I can also view a vista machine I have on the network, allowing me to assign a letter drive to the vista shared public folder, BUT when I try to view that the contents start loading reallly really slow and it causes the system to halt basically.

The win2k drive is fat32 and vista is ntfs, if that makes a difference.

Hopefully the above makes and sense.. and I really appreciate it if any os2 gurus have any insights.


os2monkey

Im also using dhcp on my network card for all machines, if that matters at all.

melf

Hi, I also have a w2k computer to connect to. Sometimes there is trouble, with that network but not the kind of trouble you have. I don' know what to say to you but I'm adding some pictures of my w2k-setup, maybee it can help. you.



Regarding connection to Vista I think its a problem to connect, there are several postings about it in news.ecomstation.com .
/Mikael

The Blue Warper

OS2/eCS LAN client comes with a preset Username/Password that you should change the very first time you run it.  So, if I can recall correctly, the default combination should be "USERNAME" and "PASSWORD", i.e. the very same name as the fields.
Don't know if doing so can resolve the troubles you're having with your config.  Maybe they are caused by your login procedure (via the entering of your Win Username/PW).  I don't know.  But maybe you might give it a try...
Hope this helps!

Regards.

os2monkey

Thanks everyone for your advice.

I spent most of the night messing around with this and finally got it working, although at the moment I have no idea what I have done per say that made it work :)!
Basically I setup a administrative user on the w2k machine called ECS, and logged into the workgroup from that.. and am now having no problems accessing the shared folder and getting all of the contents.
I also had reinstalled the hard drive from scratch with windows 2000, and changed the filesystem to ntfs. (since vista was visable with it's ntfs filesystem). So i'm not sure if it was the clean install or the filesystem that did it.

Just out of curiosity though:
How do you normally change the "default" username/password?

It seems to let me login with any username and password, but only valid w2k users seem to be allowed to access the windows shares.

Also I am curious to know, did you guys set your system up with a workgroup or domain?

Thanks again for everything.. at least it's working now, althought I would like to know better how it is supposed to work.

os2monkey

Also, how do you normally get a windows machine to see os/2 folders? (since right now i've got win2k shared folder access only with what I have setup). I might never need it but i'm just curious.

melf

Hi!

  • Changing default username &password: In eCS 2.0 you got to Local system>install/remove>Post Istallation tasks and there you can change username&password. In eCS1.2 that you use I can't remember, could be just the same way or if you have to use some program on CD2. There is certainly also some commandline option that I don't know about.
  • Group or domain: Well this is like a blind man trying to lead another blind but I set up a group(I don't know why, that was the only way I could think of), in my case called "HEMMA" which means "HOME" in swedish(not very imaginative!). Our computers have got different names as GURKOD, NASSE, and so on..
  • How to get a win-machine to see os2 folders: Rightcklick on the folder you want to share and choose "properties". If you're logged on to you workgroup you can click on "Shares" and there you make the settings for sharing the specific folder.
Don't know if that answered som questions , hope so!
/Mikael

os2monkey

Thanks. I was able to set the workstation account up in install/remove>Post Istallation tasks, and now the os2 machine shows up as a computer in the network list on the windows pc. But.. when I click on the os2 computer in windows networking, it shows the shared folders, but if I try to open one of the shared folders it then reports "No more connects can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept."

On the os2 machine, under the folder properties (under shared) - it has a max connections field. It is currently set to "unlimited" so i'm not sure why the windows machine is getting this error. Any ideas what would cause this on the os2 side?

melf

/Mikael

os2monkey

Thank you Mikael & Blue Warper!

I recieved an answer to this last issue on another forum:
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For W$ 5.0 you need SP4 (and for W$ 5.1 SP1). Additionally, you have to
add a registry setting:

| 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
| 2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
|    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
|    \Services\lanmanworkstation\parameters
| 3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD.
| 4. Type EnableDownLevelLogOff, and then press ENTER.
| 5. On the Edit menu, click Modify.
| 6. Type 1, and then click OK.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323582
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Once I made the above registry change I was able to access the os2 share from windows.
I really appreciate you both taking the time to educate me :).. and will definately pay it forward if I ever see anyone else that needs help.