[Samba] Re: strange authentication issue

[jawed abbasi]

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On 5/5/07, jawed abbasi <jabbasi6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hi
> I just joined this list, as I am having really strange issue and so far
> been unable to find the root cause.I will give you scenario to see if
> anyone knows what could be the cause:
>
> 1: 2 windows 64bit enterprise server  serverA and Server B
> 2: both on same physical network no firwalls not routers
> 3: both on same domain controller ( windows NT4)
>
> I can connect to serverA as under from a linux host
>
> smbclient  //serverA/d$  -U administrator
> password:**********
> smb:>
>
> but I can't connect to serverB from the same linux host with following
> smbclient  //serverA/d$  -U administrator
>
> I get access denied (noAccess) error message.
>
> I can only connect to serverB when I also give workgroup option
>
> smbclient  //serverB/d$  -U administrator -W test
>
> both serverA and serverB are configured identical, infact they were
> restored from the same image.
> So far I have not been able to find the root cause of this to see why?
>
> serverA  can only authenticate with user and password while
> serverB  authentication fails, untill I give it workgroup option also.
>
> any help  or pointers will be much appreciated.
>
> thanks