[Samba] Problem with & in domain name.

[a.beattie at maxfordham.com]

Hi,

I'm using Samba 2.2.4 and I'm trying to connect via domain level security,
but I'm having problems which I think are due to the fact that the NT
domain contains an ampersand. (I know this is bad, but I inherited it...)

I can add the samba server to the domain with the command:

smbpasswd  -j  MFP\&MFA  -r  NTSERVER  -Uadministrator

(backslash escapes the & in this command)

and I get the message:

Joined domain MFP&MFA


However, when I try to connect to the Samba server from a PC I get the
password box, and these message in the logs:

[2002/05/13 11:26:02, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1604)
domain_client_validate: unable to validate password for user a.beattie in
domain MFP_MFA to Domain controller NTSERVER. Error was
NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER.

[2002/05/13 11:26:05, 0]
rpc_client/cli_netlogon.c:cli_net_sam_logon_internal(406)cli_net_sam_logon_internal:

NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER


The domain name in the log has an underscore substituted for the ampersand.


Is this a known issue, or does anyone know of a workaround?


Thanks in advance,

Asa



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