If this is on a different domain, make sure the username is in the format of domain\username and that you check the box to remember your details, otherwise you’ll have to keep typing in your password every time you want it to connect. If the drive requires authentication from specific users, click “Connect using different credentials”.If you want the drive to be persistent, IE appear when you next log in, keep “Reconnect at sign-in” checked.Note that this is whatever you named the share heading in /etc/samba/smb.conf and not necessarily its absolute path on the server. Next, give it a drive letter and put the share’s address in.To map the drive in your list of drives in Windows, right click My Computer and select Map network drive.First of all, you should be able to connect directly to the share by navigating to \\x.x.x.x\share-name\, although you might not be authenticated to view it if there are permissions applied to it.(Looking for how to set up a Samba share in Linux? See one of my previous posts for setting up Samba shares with Ubuntu)īefore I start, this article assumes that you already have a Samba share you want to access and that you are running Windows (XP, 7, 8 its all kind of similar). It’s quite a straightforward guide and I’ll go into how you can apply a Group Policy to map a drive automatically at login. Mapping Samba shares in Windows (and how to assign drives through a Group Policy)
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