Bug 55667 – Gnome 2.6 fails to access Windows network because it doesn't request username and password.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Daniel Moraes Bittar 2004-06-30 05:34:05 UTC]

My computer is on a Windows Network (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) and when I used Gnome 2.4, everytime I tried to access any server shares it always requested my username and password so it could authenticate on the domain. This way I was able to enter something like domain\username in a field and password in another. However, the same isn't true for Gnome 2.6. It seems that it tries to authenticate without asking me my username and password. So, it just shows a dialog window reporting that I don't have enough permissions for that action.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Browse a Windows 2000 network in Gnome 2.6;
2. Try to view the shares of a server;

Actual Results:  
Gnome 2.6 ends showing a dialog window saying I don't have permissions to access
such resource.

Expected Results:  
Gnome would ask my username and password and open the shares.

[Comment 1 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) 2004-07-19 21:25:59 UTC]

It does pop up for me on gnome-2.6. I think it might be caching the username and password somewhere?

[Comment 2 foser (RETIRED) 2004-07-20 02:22:06 UTC]

gnome-keyring should keep the passwords safe, but it's more about if it pops up or not it seems. I can't test this stuff myself though.

[Comment 3 Daniel Moraes Bittar 2004-07-20 14:03:23 UTC]

I don't think it's caching my username and password because it was never asked. It happens in a fresh install, but I think it's not related to Gentoo because it also happens on any other distro I've tested with Gnome 2.6. However other people have already posted this bug in Gnome's bugzilla.

[Comment 4 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) 2004-07-20 20:30:35 UTC]

not sure if this is related, but did you USE="samba" emerge gnome-vfs?

[Comment 5 foser (RETIRED) 2004-08-18 07:10:27 UTC]

no reply

please post the upstream bugreport link