[Samba] The account is not authorized to login from this station.

Alex Harris aharris at digitalraver.com
Sat Feb 28 00:51:50 GMT 2004


I've got an smbpasswd file on the server, do I also need to change some 
configuration on the clients? It still doesn't like any of the usernames 
or passwords that I've setup.

Andrew Bartlett wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 11:28, Alex Harris wrote:
>  
>
>>Her's my smb.conf file:
>>
>># Samba config file created using SWAT
>># from 192.168.12.102 (192.168.12.102)
>># Date: 2004/02/27 22:21:09
>># Global parameters
>>[global]
>>    workgroup = COMMUNICCI
>>    server string = Osiris File Server
>>    encrypt passwords = No
>>    
>>
>
>This is a *very* bad idea.  Create an smbpasswd file, and set this back
>to 'yes'.
>
>Problems caused by this setting include the need to patch every current
>microsoft client, and numerous client bugs.
>
>Andrew Bartlett
>
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