Connecting to [homes] ... yes, another password question

[Adam Getchell]

No help first time around ....

I've since finished the book, but have not found a solution ...

On Wed, 08 Dec 1999, Adam Getchell wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> First, I have to commend O'Reilly for publishing their excellent book on line. 
> After reading through Chapter 7 yesterday, I was finally able to get Samba up
> and running on my NT domain using encrypted passwords and domain security.
> 
> Naturally, something broke yesterday around the time wins was set.
> 
> In earlier versions of smb.conf, I configured [homes] so that I could connect
> as my linux username from my NT (actually, W2K) box and be automatically
> dropped into my home directory. Worked great, and I could read it fine.
> 
> So, last night after adding the wins server line (I think), I disconnected my
> share mapping to my home directory and tried to reconnect. The error message is
> (W2K side): "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different
> user name and password. To connect using a different user name and password,
> first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share".
> 
> Just to verify this, I disconnected my data drive and reconnected. This worked
> fine, no password prompt.
> 
> So, next I had a look at my smbpasswd file, and used smbpasswd to synchronize
> my smb password with my linux user account password. Note: this password is
> different from my password on my NT account. So, to resolve that potential
> discrepancy, I ran smbpasswd and changed the password to match my NT password,
> then waited 15 minutes or so for good measure, and retried the connection. This
> also did not work, and generated the same error message.
> 
> A (possibly) related issue: I set logging to go to both samba.log and syslogs.
> Hence, logcheck reports this every 15 minutes (hmmm...the browse refresh
> interval):
> 
> Dec  7 20:04:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Dec  7 20:14:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Dec  7 20:24:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Dec  7 20:34:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Dec  7 20:44:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Dec  7 20:54:40 ollin inetd[31932]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use 
> 
> Here's my smb.conf:
> 
> [global]
>         #       Server configuration parameters
>         netbios name = OLLIN
>         server string = Samba %v on (%L)
>         workgroup = DOM
>         wins server = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         security = domain
>         smb passwd file = /home/samba/private/smbpasswd
>         invalid users = root bin daemon adm lp sync shutdown \
>         halt mail news uucp operator gopher xfs gdm postgres squid
>         unix password sync = yes
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
>  
>         #       Networking configuration options
>         hosts allow = XXX.XXX.XXX.
>         interfaces = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/255.255.255.0
>         bind interfaces only = yes
>  
>         # Debug logging information
>         log level = 2
>         log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log.%m
>         max log size = 1000
>         debug timestamp = yes
>         syslog = 2
> [test]
>         comment = For testing only, please
>         path = /home/export/test
>         read only = no
>         guest ok = yes
>  
> [data]
>         path = /home/export/samba/data
>         comment = Data Drive
>         volume = Sample-Data-Drive
>         writeable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>  
> [homes]
>         browsable = no
>         writable = yes
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  --
> ****************
> *	Adam Getchell
> *	acgetchell at ucdavis.edu
> ****************
> "Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability in the opponent." -- Sun Tzu
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*	Adam Getchell
*	acgetchell at ucdavis.edu
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"Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability in the opponent." -- Sun Tzu