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

Ian Colley ian.colley at zepler.net
Fri Jan 2 20:19:23 GMT 2004 

Hello again

Your comment about the smbpasswd file got me thinking so I deleted the 
user 'ian' and re-created him using 'smbpasswd -x ian' and 'smbpasswd -a 
ian <password>' and next time i tried to view the share it worked a 
treat - didn't even prompt for a password - just used the default 
windows one.  I had originally created the user 'ian' using a 
samba-webmin module before moving over to cmd-line tools and neglected 
to delete and re-create the user.  I can only assume that I had set some 
option wrong when using webmin hence your observation of the unusual 
character.

Many thanks for your help - I certainly couldn't have got round this 
problem without it.

Ian

P.S.  I deciced to reset requiresignorseal to '1' and reboot - I was 
still able to successfully access the share.

William Jojo wrote:

>ok so you matched the uid entries to your /etc/passwd entries. was there
>really an 'N' in your snip of smbpasswd? i've not seen that before.
>
>the share you're trying to view....what does it's stanza look like? and
>what is the error message you receive?
>
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>
>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ian Colley wrote:
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>>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         0
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>>]:LCT-3FF32833
>>SHUTTLE$:10000:B3253CB2EB67F48CAAD3B435B51404EE:3FDF2334A1CA68AA9F918F31DD9A0475:[W
>>]:LCT-3FF5C8ED:
>>
>>
>>William Jojo wrote:
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>>>when you say you tried them both, could you be more specific, I have now
>>>idea what you typed and no idea what your smbpasswd entries look like.
>>>
>>>also did you turn off requiresignorseal in regedit? there's a reg file
>>>with the 2.2.8a distro.
>>>
>>>you're obviously not joined to the domain; is this what you are trying to
>>>achieve? or do you simply want to see a share? the former being
>>>athentication against a DC...
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Ian Colley wrote:
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Thanks for your reply
>>>>
>>>>I tried both of these to no avail - nothing is recorded in the logs either.
>>>>
>>>>William Jojo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>try:
>>>>>
>>>>>smbpasswd -a -m SHUTTLE$ 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>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$:x:10000:100:Machine Account:/dev/null:/bin/false
>>>>>>
>>>>>>*smb.conf*
>>>>>>[global]
>>>>>>workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>>>>>netbios name = SAMBA
>>>>>>server string = Samba server in user level
>>>>>>security = user
>>>>>>encrypt passwords = yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[Logs]
>>>>>>path= /var/log
>>>>>>valid user = ian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason Balicki wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Make sure the XP box has a machine account on the samba server.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>do this by adding a user (however you do it on your host OS) of machine$
>>>>>>>(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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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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