For software testing, I have one machine that will attempt to access network shares under a certain hostname.
I want to host all these shares on the one machine, and not access the network - so I disconnect it from the network completely.
In my hosts file, I created an entry 127.0.0.1 somealias
, so now I can ping somealias
.
Now, Windows Explorer (and net use
) act like they are willing to access \\somealias\share
(and are able to access \\localhost\share
) but suddenly ask for username and password. No matter how I configure my sharing, my usernames, my passwords, and my share permissions, the error is along these lines: incorrect username or password
Using net use
, I get more information: System error 86
What do I need to do?