[Samba] Account is not authorized to log in from this station

[mahesh pawar]

I removed  share = security , and now it is working smoothly.
Thanks for your help.

Best Regards,
Mahesh Pawar.




On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 13:09 -0200, Felipe Augusto van de Wiel wrote:

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> On 01/11/2007 10:30 AM, mahesh pawar escreveu:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > When I try to connect to the samba installed linux machine from windows
> > I get the message "Account is not authorized to log in from this
> > station".
> > I have made three entries(user name and password) in the smbpasswd file.
> > But if I log in the windows machine using these user names and passwords
> > I get the message "Account is not authorized to log in from this
> > station". If I log in as administrator(nobody) without a password, I can
> > access the samba share. And if I try to connect to samba machine using
> > it's ip address I can access it, but nopt with netbios name.
> > 
> > This is my smb.conf file,
> > 
> > [global]
> >         workgroup = BSIL
> >         netbios name = MDT506
> >         security = share
> >         server string = samba testing........
> 
> 	Using 'security = share' you can't act as a login server,
> so your accounts will not be able to login in the workstations.
> 
> 
> > [data]
> >         read only = No
> >         guest ok = yes
> >         path = /export
> >         force user = mahesh.pawar
> >         force group = users
> >         comment = for everyone...
> > 
> > 
> > with this configuration I am able to access the share on samba If a
> > windows machine is logged in as a administrator.
> > If I log in with a user account (which is also stored in smbpasswd) I am
> > unable to access the samba share.
> > 
> > also I am not sure about the behavior of the samba, because if I change
> > the authentication in the configuration file it doesn't take effect.
> > but I can access the samba from other unix machine with the user account
> > I created in the smbpasswd file.
> > 
> > Guide me through the configuration as I think I have missed out
> > something, which is not letting me access the folder from windows user
> > account.
> 
> 	Please, check the Samba Official HOWTO:
> 
> 		http://samba.org/samba/docs/
> 
> 
> > Regards,
> > Mahesh Pawar
> 
> 	Kind regards,
> 
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> Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe at paranacidade.org.br>
> Coordenadoria de Tecnologia da Informação (CTI) - SEDU/PARANACIDADE
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