This could be LM authentication issue. These two links may help.
Vista and LM Authentication Level
Vista and LM authentication level Issues. Access is denied when Vista
accesses a FAT32 drive · Solved: share between Vista and Snap Server ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vis...entication.htm
Mac Tiger and Panther can't access ...
We found Mac version 10.6 Leopard can access the windows 2008 DC
sharing folders and join the domain without a problem. However Panther and
Tiger can't ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...cfa356c9c34096
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> Hello Friends,
>
> I would like to access windows 2008 shared folder from ubuntu.
>
> I try to connect using :
>
> places -> connect to server
>
> smb://servername/foldername
>
> but it ask for server username/password so many times........
>
> how to solve this problem.
>
> Please help .
>
> thanks in advance.
> Pin