[Samba] Re: [homes] share problems

[Robert]

james wrote:

>Robert <rob.smb <at> connectfree.co.uk> writes:
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>>I am experiencing the following problems with the [homes] shares.
>>Using Samba 3.0.9 and winbind on SLES9 with NT PDC.
>>Running wbinfo -a authenticates users ok but I cannot connect using 
>>smbclient.
>>If I comment out 'valid users = %S' from [homes] in smb.conf then it is 
>>possible to connect using valid user/password combinations but otherwise 
>>I get
>>tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
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>>Could anyone please throw some light on this while I still have some 
>>hair left.
>>Thanks
>>
>>Rob
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>Help also wanted with the same issue:-
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>I am using the the same version of Samba, same version of SLES and experiencing
>an identical problem with the "valid users=%S" setting on the homes  share  - "
>tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED". 
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>One key difference between my environment and Rob's is my environment is relying
>on a Windows AD server for authentication and I am running smbclient -k. 
>
>smbclient work okay with the %S commented out but fails when uncommented
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>Any help would be appreciated
>
>Thanks
>
>James
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James

I have now managed to resolve this issue using the following :-

valid users = DOMAIN\%S

where DOMAIN is replaced by your domain name. This assumes the default 
winbind separator \

Regards
Rob