[Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up

[Robert Pollard]

Just found out through research that since I have Vista Home Premium I can't 
even modify Local Security Policies.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at drs4drs.com>
To: "Philipoff, Andrew" <aphilipoff at medicine.ucsf.edu>; 
<samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up


>I don't have "Local Security Policy" option in the Administrative menu.  Is 
>this something else they left out that I have to manually install?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philipoff, Andrew" <aphilipoff at medicine.ucsf.edu>
> To: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at drs4drs.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:56 PM
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up
>
>
> I don't know the answer to your first question. To edit this local
> security policy on a Vista system:
>
> Start:Programs:Administrative Tools:Local Security Policy:Local
> Policies:Security Options:Network Security:LAN Manager authentication
> level.
>
> In the pull-down menu select "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session
> security if negotiated" Then click on the Apply button. It might ask you
> to reboot the system.
>
> Andrew Philipoff
> Programmer Analyst
> Information Technology Services
> Department of Medicine
> University of California, San Francisco
> Phone: 415-476-1344
> Help Desk: 415-476-6827
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Pollard [mailto:rpollard at drs4drs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:46 PM
> To: Philipoff, Andrew; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up
>
> 2 questions:
>
> 1.  Why does 2 accounts work fine and the third one not?
> 2.  How do you set the local security policy?  What app do you use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philipoff, Andrew" <aphilipoff at medicine.ucsf.edu>
> To: "Robert Pollard" <rpollard at drs4drs.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up
>
>
> By Default Vista clients expect that SMB connections will use NTLMv2
> only. You could set the Vista client local security policy to "Send LM &
> NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated".
>
> Andrew Philipoff
> Programmer Analyst
> Information Technology Services
> Department of Medicine
> University of California, San Francisco
> Phone: 415-476-1344
> Help Desk: 415-476-6827
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+aphilipoff=medicine.ucsf.edu at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+aphilipoff=medicine.ucsf.edu at lists.samba.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Pollard
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:34 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Windows Vista password dialog keeps coming up
>
> Hi,
>
> I have come to my wits end again (lately, it's a very short trip).  I
> have been trying to connect to Samba 3.0.21b but Windows keeps throwing
> up the logon dialog.  I'm using "Map network drive" to try to mount this
> share.
>
> It seems the problem is only on the Windows side since I have tested the
> connection through the Unix account.  Both user id and password work
> fine.  I've tested it through the command line on the Unix server using
> "smbclient //cva/cva_images -U cva" and it works fine there since it
> gives me the smb prompt and I can execute commands (ls to look at the
> directory, etc.).
>
> For some reason I cannot authenticate through Windows (Vista by the
> way).
>
> I have 2 other accounts and they work fine.  Anything you see in the
> file that may be something that is stupid please point it out.
> SMB/NetBIOS, etc. is all relatively new to me.  BTW, I've tried it
> without valid users and it doesn't work.
>
> The "images" and "bernardy_images" mounts work fine.  No authentication
> problems.
>
>
> smb.conf content:
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 192.168.1.103 (192.168.1.103)
> # Date: 2008/01/24 15:29:49
>
> [global]
> netbios aliases = bernardy, kullback, cva
> wins support = Yes
> valid users = im_user, bernardy
>
> [bernardy_images]
> comment = Bernardy images for viewing
> path = /data/images/image_viewing/bernardy
> username = bernardy
> valid users = bernardy, im_user, Robert
> read list = bernardy, Robert
> write list = Robert, im_user
> read only = No
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> invalid users = root, admin, bin, daemon, sys, adm, uucp, nuucp,
> smmsp, listen, gdm, webservd, rpollard, mysql
> valid users = im_user, bernardy, kullback, cva
>
> [images]
> comment = Image administrator access point
> path = /data/images
> username = im_user
> valid users = im_user
> read only = No
>
> [kullback_images]
> comment = Viewing directory for Kullback
> path = /data/images/image_viewing/kullback
> username = kullback
> valid users = im_user, kullback
> read list = kullback, im_user
> write list = im_user
> read only = No
>
> [cva_images]
> comment = CVA image viewing directory
> path = /data/images/image_viewing/cva
> username = cva
> valid users = cva, im_user, Robert
> read list = im_user, cva, Robert
> write list = im_user, Robert
> read only = No
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