[Samba] Up Against a Wall with Win9x

[Bradley W. Langhorst]

I wish I could offer something more helpful - my only suggestion is
to turn up the debugging (to 256 i think)
so you can see exactly what is being sent...

brad
On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 09:36, Mack, Daemian wrote:
> > maybe you would liek to use encrypt passwords = yes and alos set the
> > smbpasswd path. then type smbpasswd -a username and enter the new
> > password..then u can start trying using the command prompt 
> > and enter net use
> > z: \\server\folder username password..it should work from there..
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but no dice.  
> 
> I have already tried the "smbpasswd file" option -- I apologize for not
> including my entire smb.conf.  Here it is:
> 
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = WORKGROUP
>         netbios name = SAMBASERVER2211
>         server string = AIX Server, Samba 2.2.0
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         map to guest = Bad Password
>         null passwords = Yes
>         local master = No
>         domain master = False
>         wins support = Yes
>         guest account = guest
>         read only = Yes
>         hosts allow = all
>         smb passwd file = /var/samba/private/smbpasswd
> 
> [xtest]
>         path = /xtest
>         read only = No
> 
> 
> I've tried doing a rm -rf on /var/samba/private, recreating it, and then
> recreating the guest account with smbpasswd -a guest -n, and then connecting
> from Win98.  Nothing.  I logged off, logged back onto Win98 as user guest
> with a blank password, and that didn't work either.  I can only conclude
> that either Samba is no longer accepting null passwords in spite of my
> smb.conf setting, or that Windows is somehow unable to pass a proper
> password over the wire.
> 
> Here's what my smbd.log says after a single connection attempt from Windows
> 98, with the daemon running at debug level 2:
> 
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
>   Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(93)
>   netbios connect: name1=SAMBASERVER2111    name2=JETSAM
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(112)
>   netbios connect: local=sambaserver2211 remote=jetsam
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(990)
>   Defaulting to Lanman password for guest
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
>   Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/service.c:make_connection(318)
>   Invalid username/password for xtest [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:13, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(448)
>   Closing connections
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
>   Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(93)
>   netbios connect: name1=SAMBASERVER2111    name2=JETSAM
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(112)
>   netbios connect: local=sambaserver2211 remote=jetsam
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(990)
>   Defaulting to Lanman password for guest
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(318)
>   Allowed connection from  (10.8.1.181)
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(586)
>   pass_check_smb failed - invalid password for user [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/service.c:make_connection(318)
>   Invalid username/password for xtest [guest]
> [2002/04/01 08:58:14, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(448)
>   Closing connections
> 
> Additionally, if I change 'encrypt passwords' to 'no' and then do the
> EnablePlainTextPassword registry edit on the Windows 98 boxes and reboot
> them, the smbd.log *still* reports bad password, and so does the connection
> attempt.
> 
> Now, I can get the Win9x boxes to connect if I use "guest ok = yes", but I
> consider this sort of a cop-out.  I'm using it in the short-term, but I'd
> really appreciate it if anyone can shed any light on what I may be doing
> wrong.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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