2.2alpha3 problems

Dan Egli dan at frankenstein-cpu.com
Tue Apr 10 15:14:52 GMT 2001


I'm quite aware of that, thanks. I was using the unix smbclient to test
things when I got the errors mentioned.

Also, one update. I misspoke the version I was using. Not 2.2a3, but
Samba-TNG 2.6alpha. I'm installing 2.2a3 now to test it out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MCCALL,DON (HP-USA,ex1)" <don_mccall at hp.com>
To: "'Dan Egli'" <dan at frankenstein-cpu.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: 2.2alpha3 problems


>
> Hi Dan,
> You have encrypt passwords = no in your SMB.conf.  In order for this to
work
> you will have to apply a registry hack to your clients so that they are
> allowed
> to negotiate a session with a server using plaintext passwords (if you
have
> already
> done this, sorry for being basic...)  Otherwise the negotiate protocol
> request (setting
> up a session between the client and the server) will fail, because the
> server will say
> "I can only do plain text passwords" and the client will see this and know
> "I can only
> do encrypted passwords" and give up on the session establishment.
>
> There are .reg files that you can use to do this, just copy them to the
> windows client
> and double click on the appropriate one for that type of client:
> The files are in /usr/local/samba/docs/*.reg  (for example
> Win98_PlainPassword.reg)
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Egli [mailto:dan at frankenstein-cpu.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:55 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: 2.2alpha3 problems
>
>
> I'm very puzzled by whats happening here. I've setup samba 2.2a3 acording
to
> how it said to. Everythings looks fine. testparm reports 0 errors, all 10
of
> the samba services load w/o complaint, I can even get a list of
> shares/servers using smbclient -NL. Here's the output of smbclient -NL:
>
> [root at provo log]# smbclient -NL provo
> added interface ip=64.122.31.38 bcast=64.122.31.39 nmask=255.255.255.252
> added interface ip=192.168.0.2 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
>
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         archive        Disk      Local Shared Archive
>         archive2       Disk      Local Shared2 Archive
>         tmp            Disk      tmp dir
>         IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Provo Linux Box)
>         root           Disk      Home Directories
>
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
>         PROVO                Provo Linux Box
>
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
>         OFFICE
> [root at provo log]#
>
> However, when I try to ACCESS any of those shares (for example, archive)
it
> says:
>
> "failed session setup"
> "failed session setup"
>
> and dies. The daemons are still running (acording to ps x) but theres no
> information WHAT SO EVER in the log files. All thats listed is the daemons
> creating files in /.var/state. log.nmb is not even present. Heres the
> smb.conf file. What am I doing wrong?
>
> # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
> # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
> # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
> # many!) most of which are not shown in this example
> #
> # Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
> # is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
> # for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
> # may wish to enable
> #
> # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
"testparm"
> # to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
> #
> #======================= Global Settings
> =====================================
> [global]
>
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>    workgroup = OFFICE
>
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
>    server string = Provo Linux Box
>
> # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
> # connections to machines which are on your local network. The
> # following example restricts access to two C class networks and
> # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
> # the smb.conf man page
>    hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
>
> # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
> # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>
> # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
> # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
> # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
> printing = bsd
>
> # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
> /etc/passwd
> # otherwise the user "nobody" is used
> ;  guest account = pcguest
>
> # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
> # that connects
>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>
> # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
>    max log size = 50
>
> # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
> # security_level.txt for details.
>    security = user
> # Use password server option only with security = server
> ;   password server = <NT-Server-Name>
>
> # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
> # all combinations of upper and lower case.
> ;  password level = 8
>
> # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
> # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
> # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
>  encrypt passwords = no
> ; smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
> # customer's request. They want plain text passwords. Still trying to
> convince them otherwise.
>
> # Unix users can map to different SMB User names
> ;  username map = /etc/smbusers
>
> # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
> # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
> # of the machine that is connecting
> ;   include = /etc/smb.conf.%m
>
> # Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
> # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
> # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
> # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
> # here. See the man page for details.
> interfaces = 192.168.0.2/24
>
> # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
> #  request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
> # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
> ;   remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255
> # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
> ;   remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44
>
> # Browser Control Options:
> # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
> # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
> ;   local master = no
>
> # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
> # elections. The default value should be reasonable
> ;   os level = 33
>
> # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
> # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
> # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
> ;   domain master = yes
>
> # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
> # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
> ;   preferred master = yes
>
> # Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
> # configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
> ;   domain controller = <NT-Domain-Controller-SMBName>
>
> # Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
> # Windows95 workstations.
> ;   domain logons = yes
>
> # if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
> # per user logon script
> # run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
> ;   logon script = %m.bat
> # run a specific logon batch file per username
> ;   logon script = %U.bat
>
> # Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
> #        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
> #        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
> ;   logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
>
> # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
> # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
> Server
>    wins support = yes
>
> # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
> # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
> ;   wins server = w.x.y.z
>
> # WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
> # behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
> # at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
> ;   wins proxy = yes
>
> # DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
> # via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
> # this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
> dns proxy = yes
>
> # Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
> # NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
> ;  preserve case = no
> ;  short preserve case = no
> # Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
> ;  default case = lower
> # Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
> ;  case sensitive = no
>
> #============================ Share Definitions
> ==============================
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>
> # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
> Logons
> ; [netlogon]
> ;   comment = Network Logon Service
> ;   path = /home/netlogon
> ;   guest ok = yes
> ;   writable = no
> ;   share modes = no
>
>
> # Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
> # the default is to use the user's home directory
> ;[Profiles]
> ;    path = /home/profiles
> ;    browseable = no
> ;    guest ok = yes
>
>
> # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
> # specifically define each individual printer
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = no
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>    guest ok = no
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
>
> # This one is useful for people to share files
> ;[tmp]
> ;   comment = Temporary file space
> ;   path = /tmp
> ;   read only = no
> ;   public = yes
>
> # For the local office people
> [archive]
>    comment = Local Shared Archive
>    path = /shared
>    read only = no
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    create mask = 0770
>    directory mask = 0770
>
> [archive2]
>    comment = Local Shared2 Archive
>    path = /shared2
>    read only = no
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    create mask = 0770
>    directory mask = 0770
>
>
> [tmp]
>    comment = tmp dir
>    path = /tmp
>    read only = no
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    create mask = 0770
>    directory mask = 0770
>    valid users = bill kevin donna
>
>
>
> This is very important. I'm trying to migrate them to 2.2, but this is not
> working out very well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Dan
>
>
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