[Samba] Error connecting to samba 3.0 alpha from windows

Bradley W. Langhorst brad at langhorst.com
Thu Apr 18 07:57:02 GMT 2002


On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 17:41, Daniel J. Charboneau wrote:
> Samba logs the following
> 
>  
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:getsmbfilepwent(353)
> 
>   getsmbfilepwent: malformed password entry (no :)
> 
> [2002/04/17 16:35:31, 0] auth/auth_domain.c:domain_client_validate(300)
> 
>   domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
> 
>  
> 
> And windows says "a device attached to the system is not functioning
> properly"
> 
>  
> 
> When I try to connect by typing \\sambaserver\public
> <file:///\\sambaserver\public> 
> 
>  
> 
> Any help as to why this is happening would be great.
> 
>  
> 
> Dan Charboneau (Samba Newbie)
>

i think there might be a problem with your smbpassword file ;)


brad





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