Has anyone gotten connected from any linux distribution to a Vistashared folder? I have tried Ubuntu, Fedora Core 5, Suse 10.1, and Knoppix 5x. I can start the connection(by typing in smb://192.168.1.10/sharename) but my use name and password is not accepted. Works fine under XP and Windows 2000 & 2003. I have noticed that the reverse is also true. I can't connect from Vista. Vista will see the drive only when you map the drive. But I can't log on with root and root's password.thanks

I cannot connect from my Xbox (1) to a SMB share either. Works fine in Windows XP. I have opened up my firewall, enabled file and printer sharing -- tried just about everything. I think SMB 1.0/2.0 authenticating must be enabled somehow, but I can't seem to find it. Has anyone been able to connect to a Windows Vista shared folder with something OTHER than Windows Vista?!

Yes i have found this problem as well. Im running a Gentoo based server was able to connecton WindowsXP Pro before upgrading to Vista for testing..... Only tried going from Vista to Linux (via samba) and not the other way round

The problem still exists in RTM. By changing :"Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: NTLMv2 Only" to"Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: Send LM & NTLMv2 session security if negotiated" in the group policy, I can get from Vista to Linux, but I am still unable to get from Linus to Vista.

According to what I have read and heard in the past several weeks, Microsoft has created a new a standard called SMB2. The Samba folks are re-writing Samba so make the connection. I suspect that some time in later 2007 that connection will be made.