Security = Server using NT PDC

hurtta+z2 at ozone.FMI.FI hurtta+z2 at ozone.FMI.FI
Tue Mar 9 12:42:37 GMT 1999


Dominic W. Chan:
> I am trying to set up my samba to use a Win NT PDC as my auth server.  and I
> am running into few problem.  I am currently running Rh 5.1 with kernel
> 2.0.36 and Samba 1.9.18p10.  When I am using security = user or share, with
> either encryted password or not, everything seem to work fine!  When I don't
> use encryted password, I update my NT server with the plain clear text
> registry fix, everything works.  When I do want to use encryted password, I
> take out the plain clear text registry entries, and everything work ok too.
> However, when I try to set security = server and provide a password server
> (the server netbios name is LEIGHANN), I keep getting the following error
> (Note:  both the Samba server and the NT PDC are in the same subnet/network)
> 
> resolve_name: Attempting wins lookup for name <LEIGHANN><0x20>
> bind succeeded on port 0
> receive_smb error (Connection reset by peer) exiting
> Closing connections
> 1999/03/06 20:50:42 Server exit  (normal exit)
> resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name <LEIGHANN>
> resolve_name: Attempting broadcast lookup for name <LEIGHANN><0x20>
> bind succeeded on port 0
> server_cryptkey: Can't resolve address for <LEIGHANN>
> password server not available
> 
> After failing in looking for the password server, it switch to using my
> local encryted file!
> 
> I have check and double check my smb.conf, and everything seem fine!
> 
>    security = server
> # Use password server option only with security = server
>    password server = <LEIGHANN>

Why these < > characters?




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