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09.26.2007 at 06:46PM PDT, ID: 22855524
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Can't open Access mdb in Samba (Ubuntu) shared folder from XP Pro

Asked by machine_run in Samba File Server, Microsoft Access Database, Ubuntu

Tags: ubuntu, access, samba, open, mdb

Ubuntu 7.04 running Samba and an XP Pro PC running Access 2000.
I can see the Ubuntu/Samba shared folder on the network with the MsAccess database in it from the PC. If I try to open it from the XP pc: "Security warning. Do you want to open this file?...."
Click OK, then: "Microsoft Access cannot open this file.
This file is located outside your intranet ot on an untrusted site......"
How can I get these mdb files to open on the PC? It is a small isolated network that requires no security.
I'm thinking that it looks like XP is stopping it. I've tried to setup Samba to be wide open.
(I can move Excel files from the XP box to the Samba box, open them, delete them etc.)
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[+][-]09.27.2007 at 01:16AM PDT, ID: 19969504

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[+][-]09.27.2007 at 01:19AM PDT, ID: 19969518

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Zones: Samba File Server, Microsoft Access Database, Ubuntu
Tags: ubuntu, access, samba, open, mdb
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[+][-]09.27.2007 at 07:45PM PDT, ID: 19976169

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[+][-]09.28.2007 at 12:56AM PDT, ID: 19977013

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