[Samba] Some users can't log in -- server shows username as " nobody"

[David Brodbeck]

Do you mean the UNIX user entry, or the entry on the password server?  For
various reasons I'd be very reluctant to remove the user entry on the
password server -- it's kind of a no-no in NT domains, since you can't get
the same user ID back and it screws up file ownerships.

-----Original Message-----
From: pilsl at goldfisch.at [mailto:pilsl at goldfisch.at]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:06 AM
To: samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Some users can't log in -- server shows username as
" nobody"



hmmm .. you hit the point :)
but maybe you could try the same thing on your server:
remove user on server
stop samba
add user on server
start samba

just a vodoo-try. please tell if it works ..

peter

On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 08:53:21AM -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
> The thing is, since I'm using security=server I don't have an smbpasswd
> file.  I'd only need to add users to smbpasswd if I wanted to authenticate
> them with Samba instead of against the server, right?  I'm trying to avoid
> having to maintain two sets of passwords.
> 
> If I'm misunderstanding something, let me know.  I don't have a lot of
> experience with security=server mode.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pilsl at goldfisch.at [mailto:pilsl at goldfisch.at]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:08 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Some users can't log in -- server shows username as
> "nobody"
> 
> 
> I just had the very same problem about 10 minutes ago. I couldnt logon
> with a certain username even if I tried 10 times and checked the
> user/pass very carefully.
> 
> Finally the following helped : remove the username from the
> smbpasswd-file (just reapplying smbpasswd for this user was not
> sufficient), add the user with smbpasswd and stop/start samba.
> 
> hope this helps for you too.
> 
> peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 12:21:14PM -0600, Tony Ricker wrote:
> > Dave,
> > 	I have had this issue and found that samba uses the nobody account
> if
> > the user fails to authenticate. Basically, the user is failing to log in
> > so it tries the nobody account. Make sure that the user has a legitimate
> > account and try smbclient to test this. I hope this helps or at least
> > starts a dialogue if I am wrong.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Tony
> > 
> > David Brodbeck wrote:
> > > 
> > > Okay, this is a recurring problem that really has me frustrated.
> > > 
> > > I have a samba server that's using security=server.  There are four
> people
> > > who use it.  It works fine for three of them, but the fourth one gets
> > > endlessly prompted for his password and is never allowed to log in.
All
> are
> > > from NT 4.0 clients.
> > > 
> > > What's really puzzling is that when I look at the log at debug level
2,
> I
> > > get the following when he tries to log in:
> > > 
> > > "Invalid username/password for game-devel [nobody]"
> > > 
> > > No matter what he puts in the "user" field of the password dialog,
Samba
> is
> > > trying to log him in as nobody!  What's going on?
> > > 
> > > ----------
> > > 
> > > David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> > > InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> > > Ann Arbor, Michigan
> > > davidb at mail.interclean.com
> > > (734) 975-2967 x221
> > > 
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