Users only have to authenticate once, how to determine where credentials are cached and for how long?

[Aravinda Guzzar]

Hi,

>>>Can this cache be manually purged?
you can try deleting the temporary TDB files from the
samba$root:[var...] locations to verify whether the passwords are
getting cached here.

The session establishment from the client with previous login is
common in PC but should gets cleaned up also with explicit deletion of
the session using the below command from the client:
"net use <share-name> /d"

Please also check whether you have enabled guest access
"guest Ok = yes".
By enabling this if the normal user authentication fails then it
switches to guest account.

HTH



On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Hp Login <hp.login.account at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am running OpenVMS 8.3 (Alpha) and have installed CIFS 1.2 (a.k.a Samba
> 3.0.28a) as a Standalone.  When my users connect for the first time to any
> share they have access to they are prompted for their credentials, they
> supply their CIFS username and password, and they are allowed in.  Any
> further attempts to access that share or any other they have access to
> is successful and no credentials are requested.
>
> I have bounced the services and the server OS several times, have rebooted
> the clients numerous time, and have tried logging into client workstations I
> have not previously used and my credentials are following me.  So it appears
> that credentials are being cached on the server but I cannot find any way to
> determine how they are being cached and for how long.  Can this cache be
> manually purged?
>
> passdb backend = tdbsam
> security = user
> domain master = no
> domain logons = no
>
> Many thanks for any insight into what is happening here.
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