Why is Win98 looking for user "nobody"?

Steve Snyder swsnyder at home.com
Tue Nov 20 11:45:02 GMT 2001


Below is a transcript of a successful user login (with debug level = 1).  
I'd like to ask a question regarding the netlogon notations below.  

First, some background.  My v2.2.2 Samba server is running on a RedHat 
Linux v7.2 (with kernel v2.4.14).  The client logon below is from a Win98SE 
box.  

The user below, "nancy", is mapping shares in 2 passes.  In the first pass 
a number of shares are mapped by a netlogon script when logging into the 
network.  In the second pass, the share that nancy has elected to map, 
"clipart", is auto-connected by Win98.  So far so good.  

Now what the heck is that business between the 2 sets of connections?  The 
netlogon is connected to, the user "nobody" is looked for 3 times, then the 
netlogon share is closed.  Huh?  

Although user "nobody" exists in Linux, it does not exist in smbpasswd.  I 
have no references to this user in either smb.conf or in the logon script.  

What is causing this sequence of actions and how do I stop it?

Thanks.

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[2001/11/20 14:10:19, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service netlogon as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:22, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service lj4500 as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:22, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service dj1120 as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:22, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service public as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:22, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service shared as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:22, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service nancy as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:23, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(648)
  venus (192.168.0.3) closed connection to service netlogon
[2001/11/20 14:10:23, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service netlogon as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
[2001/11/20 14:10:44, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(546)
  Couldn't find user 'nobody' in passdb.
[2001/11/20 14:10:44, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(546)
  Couldn't find user 'nobody' in passdb.
[2001/11/20 14:10:44, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(546)
  Couldn't find user 'nobody' in passdb.
[2001/11/20 14:12:30, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(648)
  venus (192.168.0.3) closed connection to service netlogon
[2001/11/20 14:21:46, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(610)
  venus (192.168.0.3) connect to service clipart as user nancy (uid=501, 
gid=100) (pid 30907)
 




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