Problems with smbpasswd

[Auteria Wally Winzer Jr.]

ONE MORE NOTE:

Initially when I tried root's password without setting an initial
smbpasswd it displayed the same error output as my login
name with a valid smbpasswd entry.  After I set root's smbpasswd
everything else was history.

- Wally Winzer Jr.

Auteria Wally Winzer Jr. wrote:

> Another note, I do have a [homes] section within smb.conf.
> It looks like the following:
>
> [homes]
>         comment = Home Directories
>         browseable = no
>         guest ok = no
>         read only = no
>         create mask = 0700
>         printable = no
>         available = yes
>
> I looked at example smb.conf files and noticed that "browseable = no"
> and "read only = no" is standard.  This was taken from tridge's sample
> smb.conf file.  Even though the homes section did not show up within
> the smbclient's output, the entry does exist.
>
> - Wally Winzer Jr.
>
> Auteria Wally Winzer Jr. wrote:
>
> > I've compiled the latest version of samba (1.9.18p4) and set up password
> > encryption (per instructions in the ENCRYPTIONS.txt file).  Setting root's
> > smbpasswd worked with no problems.  I set another user (me) with an
> > smbpasswd.  Tried "smbclient -L '\\hostname\wwinzer'".  The output is the
> > following:
> >
> > 68 wwinzer at Sun-E3000:~ ==> smbclient '\\champusa.com\wwinzer'
> > Added interface ip=207.21.123.4 bcast=207.21.123.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> > Server time is Fri Apr 10 00:28:40 1998
> > Timezone is UTC-7.0
> > Password:
> > Session setup failed for username=WWINZER myname=SUN-E3000
> > destname=CHAMPUSA.COM   ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in
> > a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
> > You might find the -U, -W or -n options useful
> > Sometimes you have to use `-n USERNAME' (particularly with OS/2)
> > Some servers also insist on uppercase-only passwords
> >
> > I looked in the /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd and the 32-bit
> > encryption is in place.
> >
> > This is root's output of "smbclient -L champusa.com":
> >
> > 112 root at Sun-E3000:/usr/local/samba/private ==> smbclient -L champusa.com.
> > Added interface ip=207.21.123.4 bcast=207.21.123.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
> > Server time is Fri Apr 10 00:34:26 1998
> > Timezone is UTC-7.0
> > Password:
> > Domain=[CHAMPION] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 1.9.18p4]
> > security=user
> >
> > Server=[CHAMPUSA] User=[root] Workgroup=[CHAMPION] Domain=[CHAMPION]
> >
> >         Sharename      Type      Comment
> >         ---------      ----      -------
> >         champusa       Disk      ChampUSA SysAdmin Directory
> >         IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (ChampUSA.COM)
> >         okips1         Printer
> >         root           Disk      Root Dir
> >         staff          Disk      ChampUSA Employee Directory
> >         tmp            Disk      The Garbage Dump
> >
> > This machine has a browse list:
> >
> >         Server               Comment
> >         ---------            -------
> >         SUN-E3000            ChampUSA.COM
> >
> > This machine has a workgroup list:
> >
> >         Workgroup            Master
> >         ---------            -------
> >         CHAMPION             SUN-E3000
> >
> > It only works for user "root" and no other user. The goal is to have
> > all users the ability to use SAMBA.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance.
> >
> > - Wally Winzer Jr.