I was working on a project that required the use of a mapped drive to a SAMBA share. This all went off without a hitch on my test PC running Windows 7 and I was about to tick the job off my list. But… when I attempted to replicate this on the staff members PC running Windows XP I ran into an issues with authenticating to the SAMBA share. I have read numerous pages and forums that provided many different ways around the issue. Below is what worked for me and allowed me to have the mapped drive reconnect at login without continuing to prompt the user for authentication:
- Edit the requiresignorseal registry setting:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters
- requiresignorseal - Change hex value from 1 to 0
- RESTART PC
- Map a drive to the SAMBA share and select “Reconnect at login“. Usually at this stage you would use the “Connect using a different user name” option. However, do not use this option as it will not allow you to save your credentials.
- Click Finish and you will be prompted for your credentials. Input your user name and password (SAMBA sever credentials) and select “Remember my details“.
As I mentioned there are numerous solutions out there to resolve this issue. This is just what worked for me…
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