network-sharesnetworkingsambaUbuntuwindows 7
I have a Samba share on my Ubuntu server which I map as a network drive on my Windows 7 Professional computer.
After every reboot it shows the drive as disconnected and to access it I have to renter my password even though every time I enter the password I check the 'Remember my credentials' box.
Is there way to have Windows 7 remember the credentials on a reboot/shutdown or is it just to remember them per session?
This problem seems to stem from Windows attempting the initial connection to a networked drive using the its host's domain (the "Current Domain" in the picture) instead of the network server's domain (the "Desired Domain" in the picture).
For the following example let us assume the username of a user who is authorized to access the network drive is "SomeUsername". If I entered "SomeUsername" into the username field of the box below and then also entered the correct password Windows would connect to the network drive, but when I restated my computer Windows would not remember the username and password, even if I had checked the "Remember my credentials" box. The solution is to change the domain you enter your credentials. As noted in the picture you will need to type "\{DOMAIN}\{USERNAME}" in the username field without entering a password then click OK. For this example I would enter \FREENAS\SomeUsername into the username field, leave the password field blank, then click OK.
After you do that you will get a new pop up that looks like the one below. Enter the correct password, check the "Remember my credentials" box, then click OK. The next time you restart Windows your network drive should reconnect.
One side note, the part where you leave your password blank isn't really necessary, but leaving the password blank as suggested will allow you to clearly see what domain name Windows is going to store with the credentials you enter.
Are the folders in the Mac enabled to share using SMB and/or AFP?
Follow this easy tutorial and you should be fine
Best Answer
This issue bothered me for ages. What finally fixed it was the following:
If I understand correctly, some whacky security policy is wiping out the credentials because you're not authenticating against a windows domain. Adding the server name tricks Windows into thinking there's a domain there, and so it dutifully remembers the password. Or something.
Big shout out to Microsoft for this. Well done. /sarcasm
http://alinconstantin.blogspot.com/2009/10/windows-7-cannot-access-smb-shares-on.html
http://alinconstantin.blogspot.com/2010/03/network-shares-on-smb-server-could-not.html
For what it's worth, I tried several other things before this, and I don't know if any of them had an effect. See these blog entries for details: