Vista Tutorial - Attaching to Vista shared folder from MSDOS returns Error 5: Access has been denied

I'm attempting to attach to a shared folder on a Vista Business pc
from another computer using the MSDOS Microsoft Networking client but
when attempting to map the drive I am first told the password is
invalid for the share (it isn't) but I enter it anyway and then get
Error 5: Access has been denied.

Is it possible to attach to a Vista share using the MSDOS client?

thanks

in most cases, System error 5 is permission issue. You may want to try to
create the same user on both computer.
System Errors
If the net view command fails with a "System error 5 has occurred.
..... 2. when using net view \\hostname, you may receive "System error 5 has
occurred. ...
www.chicagotech.net/systemerrors.htm


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"S. Johnson" <shepiii@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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This isn't the problem. At the DOS client I'm definitely logged in
with credentials that match an account on the Vista pc and the account
has administrator rights. Furthermore, I can attach to the same
network shares from a computer running Windows XP that is using the
same user id and password.

Any other ideas?



On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:46:29 -0500, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)"
<findemail@xxxxxx> wrote:

To connect you have to enter the computer name and de username as
loginname:

loginname: computername\username
Password: password

this works fine for me, by using a ms-dos client and vista



S. Johnson;3915219 Wrote:
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Hi too am getting the same error. I'm trying to connect to a system
using windows XP pro from a machine running dos 6.22. I'm using
Microsofts client for DOS. I've tried the username as suggested
computer\user and still receive the same error. When I run NET USE and
it asks for the username if there is a "\" in the name, it tells me the
name is invalid. At the command line if I type net use x:
\\computer\sharename it seems to accept it but then says the password
is invalid (which of course it isn't). I'll type it again and then the
error pops up.

I can log in from other XP computers to that share so it doesn't seem
to be a problem where the share is set up incorrectly.

Any help would be appreciated.


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