[Samba] Help with smbpasswd

[John H Terpstra]

Pati,

The log snip below suggests that you are using "security = server" with
"password server = PANT05". If that is correct then this means that the
user's password was rejected (either no account on password server, or
incorrect password) by PANT05. In failing a remote lookup the samba server
then tries to validate against a local smbpasswd database which would not
exist if you are using the settings above, thus it fails. MS Windows
stores two separate hashes of the MS Windows network user password. The
case preserved password that is then hashed (called the NT password) as
well as one in which all characters in the password are converted to upper
case and it is then hashed (called the LanMan password).

Clearly the samba server that produced this log info does NOT have an
smbpasswd file, and you probably don't want one either if you are using
a remote password server.

You need to check the user's login_id and password on the PANT05 server.

If you want to discuss call me on (650) 580 8668. I am the guy who rang
you some time ago. Hope you are well.

Cheers,
John T.

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Moss, Patricia wrote:

> I am running samba version 2.0.7 on a HP 11.00 server.  I have a local
> pc account that is trying to access a samba share and is being prompted
> for a username and password (which usually does not happen). When I look
> in the log file, I see the following.  How can I troubleshoot this.  Any
> help is appreciated.
>
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 1] smbd/reply.c:(988)
>   Username pcguest is invalid on this system
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 2] smbd/server.c:(408)
>   Closing connections
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 1] smbd/password.c:(1137)
>   password server PANT05 rejected the password
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:(87)
>   startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file
> /etc/opt/samba/private/smbpasswd. Error was No such file or directory
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 0] passdb/passdb.c:(149)
>   unable to open smb password database.
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 1] smbd/password.c:(500)
>   Couldn't find user 'dmadmin' in smb_passwd file.
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 2] smbd/reply.c:(914)
>   NT Password did not match for user 'dmadmin' ! Defaulting to Lanman
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 0] passdb/smbpass.c:(87)
>   startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file
> /etc/opt/samba/private/smbpasswd. Error was No such file or directory
> [2002/11/21 15:33:04, 0] passdb/passdb.c:(149)
>   unable to open smb password database.
> [2002/11/21 15:33:05, 1] smbd/password.c:(500)
>   Couldn't find user 'dmadmin' in smb_passwd file.
> [2002/11/21 15:33:05, 1] smbd/reply.c:(925)
>   Rejecting user 'dmadmin': authentication failed
> [2002/11/21 15:33:05, 2] smbd/server.c:(408)
>   Closing connections
>
>
>
> Pati Moss
> Unix Systems Administrator
> First Consulting Group, Inc.
> http://www.fcg.com <http://www.fcg.com/>
> Phone: (610) 989-7105
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> pmoss at fcg.com
>
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-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org