[Samba] XP "logon failure" but still logs on -- no roamingprofile

[Brian White]

> Are you auth-ing to your Pdc via a routed link? and do you have
> effectively a Bdc on your local lan with a "profile" share enabled?
> This had me stuffed for ages, disable profile share on Bdc "fixed" my
> intermittant xp-pro domain logon problem. hope this helps.
> regards

The two machines are directly connected on an Ethernet subnet.  In fact,
there is nothing on that ethernet segment other than those two machines.
The server has another ethernet that talks with the internet firewall and
another server managing a different workgroup (not domain) of Win98 hosts.
I'll take a look to see if the XP host is trying to contact that other
server at all.  It certainly doesn't have a "profile" share, though.

There is no BDC yet.  My plan is to make each subnet server similar enough
that if one fails I can just move its subnets to other server which would
allow people to work uninterrupted until a replacement can be brought on-line.

-- Brian


> On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 09:07, Brian White wrote:
> > I'm having a problem with roaming domains on Samba v3.0-alpha21.  I've
> > connected the machine (watertown) to the domain (precidia) via the
> > server (griffon).  I've logged on with my userid (bcwhite) and seen
> > my roaming profile get created on the server upon logoff.  Future logons
> > grab the roaming profile and everything is fine.
> >
> > However, _sometimes_ I get a window with the message:
> >
> >   Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is
> >   attempting to log you on with your local profile.
> >
> >   Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you logoff.
> >   Possible causeses of this error include network probelms or insufficient
> >   security rights.  If this problem persists, contact your network
> >   administrator.
> >
> >   DETAIL - logon failure: unknown user name or bad password
> >
> > However, the system continues to log me on (presumably with the local copy
> > of my profile).  Upon logoff, the copy of my profile on the samba server
> > is not updated.
> >
> >
> > I know I'm using the correct password.  If I try the wrong password, I get
> > a different window and no logon:
> >
> >   The system could not log you on.  Make sure your User name and domain are
> >   correct, then type your password again.  Letters in passwords must be typed
> >   using he correct case.
> >
> >
> > What I don't understand is why this only happens sometimes.  I rebooted
> > and then was able to log in fine.  Log out, log in fine.  Log out, log
> > in fails.  Reboot.  Log in fine, log out, log in fails every time until I
> > reboot again.  I don't understand.
> >
> > I had logging set to level 200 and captured the following logs.
> >
> >       start samba
> >       login (fail)    http://bcwhite.dhs.org/~bcwhite/log.smbd-err.gz
> >       reboot
> >       login (okay)    http://bcwhite.dhs.org/~bcwhite/log.smbd-ok.gz
> >       logout
> >       login (okay)
> >       logout
> >       login (fail)
> >       logout
> >       login (fail)
> >       [...]
> >       reboot
> >       login (okay)
> >       logout
> >       login (fail)
> >       stop samba      http://bcwhite.dhs.org/~bcwhite/log.smbd-full.gz
> >
> > Note, the log files are 72kB, 121kB, and 4.3MB (compressed), respectively.
> >
> > All help very much appreciated!
> >

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite at precidia.com )

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