samba problem

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Kapil,

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, kapil sharma wrote:

> While connecting win2k client to samba 2.2.0 server acting as PDC I am
> getting the following errors:

> [2001/04/23 15:34:42, 0] passdb/pampass.c:pam_accountcheck(381)
>   PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting User!
> [2001/04/23 15:34:42, 0] passdb/pampass.c:pam_accountcheck(381)
>   PAM: Account Validation Failed - Rejecting User!

There's quite an enthusiastic discussion on this subject taking place on the
samba-technical list right now. :)  To summarize, it appears that the new PAM
account support in Samba 2.2.0 sometimes fails with certain combinations of
PAM modules.  The quick & dirty solution is to use
'account require pam_permit.so' in your PAM config instead of
'account require pam_unix.so'.  If you have any trouble getting this to work,
please post back with your Samba PAM config (/etc/pam.d/samba on Linux, or
/etc/pam.conf on Solaris) and I'll try to help.

Regards,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer