[Samba] RE: samba Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21

[Molumuri, Janardhan]

Hi all,

Is there any problem in authentication to samba in Windows 2003 AD.? 

I am intermittently getting authentication failures in smbd.log.

~~~
2003/09/18 14:28:02, 1] smbd/password.c:server_validate(1176)
  password server HYDGCS01.HYD.CORP.INT.UNTD.COM rejected the password
[2003/09/18 14:28:02, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1369)
  unable to open passdb database.
[2003/09/18 14:28:02, 1] 	
  Couldn't find user 'mjanar' in passdb.
[2003/09/18 14:28:02, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1369)
  unable to open passdb database.
[2003/09/18 14:28:02, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(545)
  Couldn't find user 'mjanar' in passdb.
[2003/09/18 14:28:02, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
  Rejecting user 'mjanar': authentication failed
[2003/09/18 14:28:04, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(677)
  charback2 (10.103.1.200) closed connection to service proj
[2003/09/18 14:28:16, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(677)
  hydgcs01 (10.103.32.50) closed connection to service mjanar
~~~

and also i couldn't able to connect to a windows 2003 server from smbclient
from UNIX.

~~~~
>./smbclient //hydgcs01/profiles

Unknown parameter encountered: "revalidate"
Ignoring unknown parameter "revalidate"
Unknown parameter encountered: "read prediction"
Ignoring unknown parameter "read prediction"
WARNING: The "status"option is deprecated
added interface ip=10.100.45.104 bcast=10.100.45.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password: 
Domain=[HYD] OS=[Windows Server 2003 3790] Server=[Windows Server 2003 5.2]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
~~~~

Can somebody help me?

Thanks,
-> janardhan.