Unable to Authenticate on PDC

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

grab latest, don't use smbpasswd use samedit or rpcclient.

issue a createuser username -p passwd or a samuserset username -p passwd.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Martin Brown wrote:

> 
> Okay, NP.
> 
> Samba TNG CVS from last week.
> Workstation trying to auth is NT 4.0 Workstation.
> My Global smb.conf config is below.
> 
> I am setting up Samba as a PDC that uses LDAP to authenticate.  The LDAP
> side of things is setup and working properly.  I can add and change
> passwords in the LDAP DB.
> 
> # Global parameters
> 
> [global]
> ldap suffix = "dc=tantalus, dc=com"
> ldap bind as = "cn=root, dc=tantalus, dc=com"
> ldap passwd file = /etc/ldappasswd
> ldap server = localhost
> ldap port = 389
> 
> workgroup = TEST
> netbios name = PDC1
> comment = Linux RedHat Samba Server
> security = user
> null passwords = Yes
> encrypt passwords = yes
> 
> logon drive = U:
> domain master = yes
> domain logons = yes
> 
> [netlogon]
> path = /usr/local/etc/samba/netlogon
> locking = no
> writeable = yes
> guest ok = no
> browseable = yes
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Leblanc [mailto:GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:45 AM
> To: 'martin at tantalus.com'; Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject: RE: Unable to Authenticate on PDC
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Brown [mailto:martin at tantalus.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:35 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> > Subject: Unable to Authenticate on PDC
> >
> >
> >
> > For some reason I can't authenticate on my Samba PDC.  The
> > message I get in
> > the log.smb is "password for USER is incorrect"
> >
> > I've used smbpasswd and changed it like 50 times..  and I've added the
> > machine name that's trying to connect.  Any ideas?
> 
> Not without a bunch more information, like what version of Samba you're
> running, and maybe the general section of smb.conf.  Client machine type
> would also be helpful, and a description of how you're trying to use Samba.
> thnx
> 	Greg
> 
> 
> 
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