[Samba] Vista password being rejected on share security mode

[Schaefer Jr, Thomas R.]

Hi Jeremy,

First of all, thank you for sending us the patch!

I applied it yesterday and have been testing, it mostly works ok but let
me tell you the unexpected behavior I've found.. 

With Windows XP, and any other client I've ever used, it doesn't matter
which, if any, username the client sends to my share level security
Samba servers.  
I specify the username for them with the "username =" smb.conf parameter
and whatever the client sends me is irrelevant.

In the [HOMES] section, I've got a couple directives..

username = %S
valid users = %S

Say I've got a UNIX user schaefer on the Samba server stercus.
With WinXP I can go Start -> Run -> \\stercus\schaefer and irregardless
of what username I'm currently logged into WindowXP with I'll connect to
stercus as schaefer if schaefer's password is the same as my current
WinXP user's password or if not I'll be prompted for a password where I
can just put schaefer's password and presto I'm connected to stercus as
schaefer.

Using your patch and Vista, if I'm logged into Vista as someone other
than username schaefer and go Start -> Run -> \\stercus\schaefer it
won't connect, even if the current Vista user's password is the same as
schaefer's password on stercus.  So, then Vista prompts me for a
username and password, I can enter schaefer and schaefer's correct
password, it still won't be able to connect.  

What does work is if I'm logged into Vista as someone other than
username schaefer I can right click My Computer, get into the "map
network drive" dialogue, and in that dialogue I can specify a drive
letter, \\stercus\schaefer, and, this is the key, click "Connect using a
different user name" specify schaefer and schaefer's password on stercus
and then the drive maps successfully.

Eagerly awaiting any comments you might have.  Again, thankyou for the
patch, at least I have some funtionality now.

Tom Schaefer
University of Missouri Saint Louis

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Allison [mailto:jra at samba.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:54 PM
To: Schaefer Jr, Thomas R.
Cc: Lee Devlin; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] Vista password being rejected on share security
mode

On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 11:37:09AM -0600, Schaefer Jr, Thomas R. wrote:
> I'm using Windows Vista Enterprise and also am having great difficulty

> with security = share and 3.0.23d (as well as 3.0.11 and 3.0.14a).  It

> seems as though Vista will randomly, occasionally work with it, but in

> general it just won't work at all.  I wish I had your problem of a 10 
> second connection delay, far better than no connection at all.  Did 
> you have to do anything special to get it working, albiet with the 10 
> second delay?

You need the attached patch. It'll be up on the Vista patches page later
this week or early next.

Jeremy