[Samba] Authentication incompatibility?

[Jon Foster]

I've tried to build several different version of Samba and they all have 
the same problem as long as I use the client I build I can connect to 
the server I built. However the client I built can't connect to other 
Samba or windoze servers and other samba clients and windoze machines 
can't connect to the server I built. The error always points to the 
password being rejected.

I am compiling on an Athelon/64 that is running a 32 bit install of 
Linux. Is one of the "auto*" tools getting confused? Or is there 
something else someone knows about that might be causing the 
authentication process to be incompatible?

THX - Jon

Jon Foster wrote:
> I recently compiled Samba 3.0.23d on SuSE Linux 9.0 on an i386 
> computer. The software appears to work but its not compatible with 
> other SMB / CIFS clients. If I use the newly compiled programs on two 
> different machines they can login and browse each others resources 
> using the 'smbclient' program. If I try to use a windoze computer, the 
> Linux kernel (2.6.16.16 built on the same computer) modules or a the 
> smbclient that came with SuSE Linux 9.0 (2.2.8a) the connection is 
> rejected. Conversely if I try to use the new 'smbclient' to connect to 
> a win2k server the connection is rejected. On the Samba server running 
> the newly compiled 3.0.23d I receive the following message for the 
> failed login attempts:
>
> [2007/02/02 16:56:23, 3] libsmb/ntlm_check.c:ntlm_password_check(344)
>  ntlm_password_check: NT MD4 password check failed for user jon
> [2007/02/02 16:56:23, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(319)
>  check_ntlm_password:  Authentication for user [JON] -> [JON] FAILED 
> with error NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD
>
> I've reset the passwords and tried them very carefully several times. 
> I can login from my other windoze and Linux boxes into all of the 
> other windoze and Linux/Samba servers (not using 3.0.23d). I've tried 
> using the 'smbpasswd' and the 'passdb.tdb' password files.
>
> What would cause the password exchange to fail between two different 
> version of Samba? Its almost as if the encryption algorithm has changed.
>
> TIA - Jon
>

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