[Samba] XP Pro client cannot access stand-alone linux samba server

[Ian Colley]

Hi - You're right in saying that i'm not joined to a domain - nor do I 
wish to be - I just want to be able to see the share (using user level 
access).  I have just turned of requiresignorseal and it has not made 
any difference.  The relevant parts of my smbpasswd:

*smbpasswd*
<snip>
ian:1000:7811449B365C58F693E28745B8BF4BA6:B2CA3D5E470FC029B60537DF5FFBBE7E:[UN         
]:LCT-3FF32833
SHUTTLE$:10000:B3253CB2EB67F48CAAD3B435B51404EE:3FDF2334A1CA68AA9F918F31DD9A0475:[W          
]:LCT-3FF5C8ED:


William Jojo wrote:

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>when you say you tried them both, could you be more specific, I have now
>idea what you typed and no idea what your smbpasswd entries look like.
>
>also did you turn off requiresignorseal in regedit? there's a reg file
>with the 2.2.8a distro.
>
>you're obviously not joined to the domain; is this what you are trying to
>achieve? or do you simply want to see a share? the former being
>athentication against a DC...
>
>
>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ian Colley wrote:
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>>Thanks for your reply
>>
>>I tried both of these to no avail - nothing is recorded in the logs either.
>>
>>William Jojo wrote:
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>>>try:
>>>
>>>smbpasswd -a -m SHUTTLE$ shuttle$
>>>
>>>to add the machine acount
>>>
>>>also did you add a user to smbpasswd with
>>>
>>>smbpasswd -a userid userpassword
>>>
>>>
>>>after you created their unix acount?
>>>
>>>
>>>Bill
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ian Colley wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Okay - I've tried adding machine account as suggested but still no joy -
>>>>same symptoms as before.  Also tried changing security to 'share' - this
>>>>time I can see the share in windows explorer but it asks for a password
>>>>under the username of 'Guest' (greyed out) when i try to access it - no
>>>>passwords work (including null).
>>>>
>>>>*/etc/passwd*
>>>>*<snip>*
>>>>SHUTTLE$:x:10000:100:Machine Account:/dev/null:/bin/false
>>>>
>>>>*smb.conf*
>>>>[global]
>>>>workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>>>netbios name = SAMBA
>>>>server string = Samba server in user level
>>>>security = user
>>>>encrypt passwords = yes
>>>>
>>>>[Logs]
>>>>path= /var/log
>>>>valid user = ian
>>>>
>>>>Jason Balicki wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>Make sure the XP box has a machine account on the samba server.
>>>>>
>>>>>do this by adding a user (however you do it on your host OS) of machine$
>>>>>(make sure the dollar sign is there)
>>>>>
>>>>>then you can add this account to samba by doing:
>>>>>
>>>>>smbpasswd -a -m machine
>>>>>
>>>>>(note the _lack_ of a dollar sign.  you know this, but replace "machine"
>>>>>with the actual name of the machine.)
>>>>>
>>>>>HTH,
>>>>>
>>>>>--J(K)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From:
>>>>>>samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com at lists.samba.org
>>>>>>[mailto:samba-bounces+kodak=frontierhomemortgage.com at lists.samb
>>>>>>a.org] On Behalf Of Ian Colley
>>>>>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:50 PM
>>>>>>To: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>>>>Subject: [Samba] XP Pro client cannot access stand-alone linux
>>>>>>samba server
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi, I am trying to set up my internet connection sharing linux
>>>>>>box as a
>>>>>>stand-alone samba server.  When i try to access the server from a
>>>>>>Windows XP Pro client using \\192.168.0.1 i get a dialog box
>>>>>>asking for
>>>>>>a username and password.  I duly enter this and the dialog box
>>>>>>immediately re-appears without connecting me to the share.
>>>>>>There exists
>>>>>>both a samba and linux account with the same password which is
>>>>>>also the
>>>>>>same as the XP Pro logon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The XP Pro box is not set up to logon to a domain, both of the
>>>>>>boxes are
>>>>>>on the same workgroup.  I can get samba to work using share-level
>>>>>>security but only for a guest account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Would appreciate any suggestions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>*smb.conf*
>>>>>>[global]
>>>>>>workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>>>>>netbios name = SAMBA
>>>>>>server string = Samba server in user level
>>>>>>security = users
>>>>>>encrypt passwords = yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[Logs]
>>>>>>path= /var/log
>>>>>>valid user = ian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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