cannot login to FreeBSD/Samba Server from NT or from the NET

Greg Dickie greg at discreet.com
Sat Jun 5 16:12:32 GMT 1999


The only thing I can think of is that nt acl support is now on by default. Try
turning it off. Also crank up the log level to 5 or 10 in smb.conf and look for
funny stuff in the log files. I had some problems with 204b but Jeremy fixed
them roght away.

Greg

On 05-Jun-99 Lanny Baron wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As I am not subscribed to this list, if you should be able to help me, please
> mail me directly back.
> 
> I have Samba-2.0.4b running on  FreeBSD boxes. I have an NT 4 Service pack4
> as
> the PDC. Up to a few days ago, I think just when I installed 2.0.4b from
> 2.0.3,
> I am no longer able to logon to my Samba server Freedom. It will not load my
> /home/lnb/Profiles, but rather constantly make a new profile. People who use
> some of my shares via the net can no longer get on them either. As well,
> anyone
> of my dial-ups cannot logon (they can login to the NT RAS) but they must
> uncheck logon to network. 
> 
> I have no clue what has caused this. On the phone last night to a Samba team
> member he also is a little stumped at this and suggested I post here. The
> other
> strange thing is. Even though when loging directly on the NT terminal and 
> you hear the h/d chugging away on the FreeBSD/Samba server, and after
> about 3 minuets a message pops up that the local (yes not roaming) profile
> cannot be loaded, it makes a new one as stated above. However, upon click
> Network Neighborhood, the shares are visible on both Samba servers.
> 
> I have over the last 3 days deinstalled and reinstalled both Samba and NT to
> see if something was corrupted. But it appears not.
> 
> The permissions for the profiles for any user(using mine) are rwxr_xr_x for
> /home/lnb/Profiles  and in the dir of Profiles is a file called netlogin.pds.
> It has been working flawlessly for quite a while. But all of a sudden, the
> more
> I think of it, since I installed 2.0.4b things have been getting worse. Can't
> print (my printer is connected to my Samba Server) from windows NT, I can
> print
> on the Samba box (cat some_file | lpr)
> 
> So if you have the help I could use, please, help me out.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lanny Baron
> http://ca.samba.org/samba/samba.html
> 
># Samba config file created using SWAT
># from freedom.cybertouch.org (216.183.4.2)
># Date: 1999/06/04 20:02:31
> 
># Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = CYBERTOUCH
>         server string = Freedom Networks FreeBSD/Samba Server 1
>         security = DOMAIN
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         password server = WIRED
>         username map = /usr/local/etc/username.map
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         max log size = 50
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>         logon script = netlogin.pds
>         logon path = \\%N\%U\Profiles
>         domain logons = Yes
>         local master = No
>         dns proxy = No
>         wins proxy = Yes
>         wins support = Yes
>         [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         read only = No
>         browseable = No
> 
> [netlogon]
>         comment = Network Logon Service
>         path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon
>         guest ok = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [Profiles]
>         path = \\%N\%U
>         guest ok = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         print ok = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> 
> Everything else is just shares.
> ----------------------------------
> E-Mail: Lanny Baron <lnb at freedom.cybertouch.org>
> Date: 05-Jun-99
> Time: 01:13:59
> 
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Greg Dickie
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