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Jayce · 10-16-2009, 12:04 PM

Mak pretty much hit the nail on the head. With the exception of my Windows vs Linux experience.

I've spent considerably more time on Windows than I have Linux since I started with computers. I just prefer Linux, but I still utilize Windows a LOT - both at home and at work.

I'm running one local home network. No domain. My Linux computer is part of the network, as is my Vista partition on the same PC, 3 XP computers, a second Linux computer, and a Mac laptop.

Since all of these machines support the Samba client, my Linux computer acts as a file server with Samba loaded so the Mac computer, other Linux computer, and XP/Vista/7 computers can access my file server (Ubuntu) accordingly with user accounts.

As I said, user is just a generic account, who can only get to 1 share. This particular share is kind of a BS share, with downloaded .exe programs and contains no personal information. Since I do quite a few computer installs on my own time for private individuals, it's easy for me to hit my file server and bam - there's flash, firefox, ie7, java, quicktime, real player, vlc, google earth, etc all on my file server instead of searching for each one individually. That's why I have the generic user account, along with the fact if a friend wants to dump some BS file on my server, he can use that and doesn't need to know my personal account password to get on the file server. I have my account set up with my own personal password because it links to my personal data on my Ubuntu machine (aka file server). That way I can get on my Mac laptop out in the garage and stream music from my Ubuntu computer.

But, grinding back to the topic at hand, my issue is with a Windows computer, despite it being a Linux file server. That part of the equation is irrelevant in this instance, since the question is really just pinpointed to being an XP issue. I just wasn't sure if there was a way I could somehow zap the connection to the server and log in as a different user without any issues.

My only reasoning behind this was, I have 5 users for my file server, each with different permissions. I just wanted to log in as each user to test their permissions and make sure they matched up to what I set up on my file server. But to do this, I had to reboot my XP computer each time after testing each user. Otherwise if I tried to log in as a different user, it barked at me with the error.

10-16-2009, 12:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jayce Master Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: /home/jason Posts: 2,031	Re: Disconnect all network connections. Mak pretty much hit the nail on the head. With the exception of my Windows vs Linux experience. I've spent considerably more time on Windows than I have Linux since I started with computers. I just prefer Linux, but I still utilize Windows a LOT - both at home and at work. I'm running one local home network. No domain. My Linux computer is part of the network, as is my Vista partition on the same PC, 3 XP computers, a second Linux computer, and a Mac laptop. Since all of these machines support the Samba client, my Linux computer acts as a file server with Samba loaded so the Mac computer, other Linux computer, and XP/Vista/7 computers can access my file server (Ubuntu) accordingly with user accounts. As I said, user is just a generic account, who can only get to 1 share. This particular share is kind of a BS share, with downloaded .exe programs and contains no personal information. Since I do quite a few computer installs on my own time for private individuals, it's easy for me to hit my file server and bam - there's flash, firefox, ie7, java, quicktime, real player, vlc, google earth, etc all on my file server instead of searching for each one individually. That's why I have the generic user account, along with the fact if a friend wants to dump some BS file on my server, he can use that and doesn't need to know my personal account password to get on the file server. I have my account set up with my own personal password because it links to my personal data on my Ubuntu machine (aka file server). That way I can get on my Mac laptop out in the garage and stream music from my Ubuntu computer. But, grinding back to the topic at hand, my issue is with a Windows computer, despite it being a Linux file server. That part of the equation is irrelevant in this instance, since the question is really just pinpointed to being an XP issue. I just wasn't sure if there was a way I could somehow zap the connection to the server and log in as a different user without any issues. My only reasoning behind this was, I have 5 users for my file server, each with different permissions. I just wanted to log in as each user to test their permissions and make sure they matched up to what I set up on my file server. But to do this, I had to reboot my XP computer each time after testing each user. Otherwise if I tried to log in as a different user, it barked at me with the error. __________________ Hi. I'm a PC, and I use Linux.