I have a smb share : \mysmb\www
When connection from Windows XP all runs fine. When connecting from Windows 7 I got an error like 'wrong password'.
In smbd log I can see :
Invalid username/password for [IPC$]
I think this means that Windows7 always trys to access IPC$ instead of www. Windows XP uses -correctly - www as share name.
Any Ideas how to fix this?
Thorsten
IPC$ standards for Inter Process Communication, the $ sign indicates it is hidden. The IPC$ share is used for all kinds of non-filesystem operations, like account management, printing, etc.
Windows 7 is probably doing some other operation first (getting more information about the user?) before it tries to open the www share. The fact that is uses IPC$ isn't wrong, although admittedly confusing.
Use the correct password and you shouldn't get a "wrong password" error. Windows 7 is connecting to IPC$ before connecting to WWW. Once the connection is working correctly, Windows 7 will go on to access the resource you requested.
