Samba 2.0.6: protocol negotiation failed

[Claude LeFrancois (LMC)]

Hello, 

I am running Samba 2.0.6 on a RedHat 6.2 computer. The Samba server is
configured to validate the password on a Windows NT server with the
"security=server" and "password server = <SERVER1 SERVER2 SERVER3>"
directives. The Samba server worked well for quite a long time but this
morning, the Samba server refuses to work. 


When I did my troubleshooting sequence, the command "smbclient -L <SAMBA
SERVER>" gave me the following error message: 


    protocol negotiation failed 


What does this error message mean ? Does it mean the Windows NT server
has changed ? Upgraded ? or  the Samba server was doing bad ? I changed
the Samba server config file to validate the paswords locally and the
system came back to work. I changed back the Samba server config file to
validate passwords remotely but with a different sequence of Windows NT
servers (i.e.: "password server = <SERVER2> <SERVER3> <SERVER1>") and
the Samba server came back to work. Can somebody explain me this
behavior ? 


Thanks a lot, 


Claude. 

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Claude LeFrançois, System and Network Administrator

Ericsson Research Canada (LMC)

8300 Décarie, Ville Mont-Royal, Québec, Canada, H4P 2P5

Tel: (514) 345-7900 x7579, Fax: (514) 345-6149

Email: lmcclef at lmc.ericsson.se 
 
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