[Samba] Samba 3.0.5: Odd browsing / login issues

fire-eyes sgtphou at fire-eyes.dynup.net
Thu Aug 5 19:34:54 GMT 2004


Of course, that's Security = ADS .

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 15:32, fire-eyes wrote:
> Hello to all on the list, hope you're having a good day.
> 
> I'm using samba 3.0.5 on a gentoo linux system, kernel 2.6.7, vanilla
> (unpatched).
> 
> I'm running in Securit = ADS mode, and it authenticates against a
> windows 2000 DC. It has been for quite a while. But i've had an issue
> that I would like to solve now, any help is appreciated.
> 
> When any windows system i've tried tries to browse \\machine , they're
> immediately asked for a user name and password. If I enter a valid user
> name and password, it immediately asks again, this time in the user name
> box is MACHINE\username-i-tried . Entering a valid password, it fails
> again. Replacing MACHINE with DC-CONTROLLER-NETBIOS-NAME , and the right
> password, works every time.
> 
> I'd like to just be able to browse immediately. These users are already
> authenticated by the DC so I don't understand why they're being asked
> again, then the user name box filled in with the linux machines name and
> not the domain's name.
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Take care, gang.



More information about the samba mailing list