Tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (2nd try)

[Michal Jezierski]

Jens Rieck wrote:
> 
> When I'm doing: smbclient -L MYLINUX -U MYUSER
> I get the following message:
> 
> Added interface ip=195.90.254.xxx broadcast=295.90.254.255
> nmask=255.255.255.0
> Password: <enter password for myuser>
> Domain=[MYDOMAIN] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.5a]
> Tree connect failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password in
>   Tree connect or Session setup is invalid.)
> 
> And that's what in log.smb:
> 
> [1999/10/07 10:59:12, 0] smbd/uid.c:become_gid(105)
>   Couldn't set effective gid to 65534 currently set to (real=0,eff=0)
> [1999/10/07 10:59:12, 0] smbd/uid.c:become_gid(107)
>   Looks like your OS doesn't like high gid values - try using a different
> [1999/10/07 10:59:12, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(463)
>   Can't become connected user!
> 
> 
> As far as I know gid 65534 belongs to "nobody", so MYUSER is not
> envolved yet.

Right. But I bet you have guest account = nobody, which is used to get a
sharelist (smbclient -L) from the server. You are asked for a password
of MYUSER, but nevertheless the sharelist is retrieved as guest. It's
all clearly stated in the logs!

Cheers,

Michal