[Samba] Authenticating against a Windows 2000 DC?

[Chris Palmer]

Here is some additional information from my /var/log/messages:

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Jan  4 19:04:07 dev winbind: winbindd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:04:08 dev smb: smbd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:04:09 dev smb: nmbd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:08:22 dev sshd(pam_unix)[935]: session opened for user chris by (uid=0)
Jan  4 19:08:41 dev pam_winbind[978]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:08:41 dev pam_winbind[978]: internal module error (retval = 4, user = `root'
Jan  4 19:09:05 dev pam_winbind[980]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:09:05 dev pam_winbind[980]: internal module error (retval = 4, user = `root'
Jan  4 19:09:21 dev pam_winbind[983]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:09:21 dev pam_winbind[983]: internal module error (retval = 4, user = `zzzz bibble'
Jan  4 19:09:21 dev PAM_pwdb[983]: check pass; user unknown
Jan  4 19:09:42 dev su(pam_unix)[984]: session opened for user root by chris(uid=500)
Jan  4 19:10:08 dev pam_winbind[1038]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:10:08 dev pam_winbind[1038]: internal module error (retval = 4, user = `zzzz bibble'
Jan  4 19:10:08 dev PAM_pwdb[1038]: check pass; user unknown
Jan  4 19:10:11 dev pam_winbind[1040]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:10:11 dev pam_winbind[1040]: internal module error (retval = 4, user =
 `zzzz bibble'
Jan  4 19:10:11 dev PAM_pwdb[1040]: check pass; user unknown
Jan  4 19:10:22 dev smb: smbd shutdown succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:22 dev smb: nmbd shutdown succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:22 dev smb: smbd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:22 dev smb: nmbd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:26 dev winbind: winbindd shutdown succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:26 dev winbind: winbindd startup succeeded
Jan  4 19:10:42 dev pam_winbind[1098]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:10:42 dev pam_winbind[1098]: internal module error (retval = 4, user =  `zzzz bibble'
Jan  4 19:10:42 dev PAM_pwdb[1098]: check pass; user unknown
Jan  4 19:10:55 dev pam_winbind[1100]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:10:55 dev pam_winbind[1100]: internal module error (retval = 4, user =
 `root'
Jan  4 19:14:51 dev pam_winbind[1124]: user 'chris' granted acces
Jan  4 19:14:51 dev samba(pam_unix)[1124]: session opened for user chris by (uid=0)
Jan  4 19:27:18 dev pam_winbind[1182]: request failed, PAM error was 4, NT error was NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER
Jan  4 19:27:18 dev pam_winbind[1182]: internal module error (retval = 4, user =
 `root'
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I did not enter "zzzz bibble" as my user name, and yet that's what the log shows. "internal module error" sure sounds bad, but I don't know what it means.


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Chris Palmer    Systems Programmer    GeneEd