[Samba] password server not connected ??

[Ken Palosaari]

Hi

I have set up a Windows 2000 Server in a small department and intermitently
I have problems mounting samba shares.  From the dos prompt when I do a
net view \\server, it gives me access denied?? the log.smb has the following
lines of errors:

[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:server_validate(1117)
  password server  is not connected
[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367)
  unable to open passdb database.
[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(555)
  Couldn't find user 'kenp' in passdb.
[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367)
  unable to open passdb database.
[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(555)
  Couldn't find user 'kenp' in passdb.
[2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(988)
  Rejecting user 'kenp': authentication failed
[2002/04/16 14:15:44, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(340)
  Unable to open new log file /samba/var/ttapserver/log.bigblue: No such file or
 directory
[2002/04/16 14:15:44, 1] smbd/password.c:server_validate(1117)
  password server  is not connected
[2002/04/16 14:15:44, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367)
  unable to open passdb database.


It's like it samba quites talking to the windows 2000 server, during this
time shares off the same server mount just fine, it's only the samba shares
that are not mounting.

I'm running a Windows 2000 Server with SP2 as my authentication server and
samba 2.2.3a, below is a some lines from my smb.conf file:

[global]
   security = server
   password server = win2000server
   workgroup = domain
   debug level = 1
   guest account = ntguest
   dead time = 10
   getwd cache = yes
   invalid users = root bin sys news
   lock directory = /samba/locks
   map archive = no
   passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd
   status = yes
   null passwords = no
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY

   local master = no
   domain master = no
   preferred master = no
   os level = 0
   password level = 3

   log file = /samba/var/%L/log.%m
   oplocks = true



Any help would be appreciated.  thanks