[Samba] problems with mandrake samba and xp

[Ben Griffith]

-----[ mt2mb at neo.rr.com wrote on 1/15/2003 3:07 PM -0500 ]-----

> WEll funny you should mention the logs, you will have to excuse my ignorance when it come to
> linux, i am just a well versed newbie.   ne ways, all the logs from all the computers  just
> repeadly say --
>    smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User krutan !
> [2003/01/15 07:42:37, 0] passdb/pampass.c:smb_pam_passcheck(827)
>   smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User nobody !
> [2003/01/15 07:42:39, 0] passdb/pampass.c:smb_pam_passcheck(827)
>   smb_pam_passcheck: PAM: smb_pam_auth failed - Rejecting User root !
> [2003/01/15 07:42:41, 0] passdb/pampass.c:smb_pam_passcheck(827)
>
> or
> [2003/01/15 08:05:59, 0] param/loadparm.c:map_parameter(2065)
>   Unknown parameter encountered: "read prediction"
> [2003/01/15 08:05:59, 0] param/loadparm.c:lp_do_parameter(2740)
>   Ignoring unknown parameter "read prediction"

The second problem means that there is an entry in your smb.conf file called "read prediction" that 
has nothing to do with samba. You should delete that line.

The first problem(s) mean that users are not getting authenticated properly. What kind of access 
restrictions are you trying to setup?

man smb.conf

Read the sections about username and password validation. There are several different ways that you 
can try to set this up.

     --Ben--

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Ben Griffith
bgriffit at email.unc.edu
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