[Samba] Serious grief with a Samba connection

[Gaiseric Vandal]

encrypted passwords should be the default-  no reason to turn that off.


On 11/25/09 16:22, Dan White wrote:
> Thanks for the reply !
> I can try those commands on Monday -- long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
> I do not have admin on the Sun box, but my tech lead does.
>
> The link says to turn off password encryption.  I cannot do that.  The 
> network people (government run network) will not allow that.
> The samba machine is set for encrypted passwords.
>
> On Nov 25, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Gaiseric Vandal wrote:
>
>> My guess is that they may have required NTLMv2 or something thing 
>> similar on the Win machines.  If these machines are part of an Active 
>> Directory domain,  it would be relatively easy for this to be done.
>>
>> http://www.dennek.com/2009/03/system-error-1240-the-account-is-not-authorized-to-login-from-this-station/ 
>>
>>
>> You can use gpedit.msc on XP to check your security settings.
>>
>>
>> "smbd -v" would tell you the samba version.
>> "testparm -v | more "  would let you check the various settings.
>>
>>
>> Are you the sys admin for the solaris box?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/25/09 14:52, Dan White wrote:
>>> The server is on a Sun box (uname says SunOS 5.8)
>>> I do not know what version of samba is running
>>>
>>> For the last year and a half, I have made a daily connection from a 
>>> Windows XP box with the following command:
>>>
>>> new use G: \\server\volume /USER:userid password
>>>
>>> This makes a "G" network drive that serves the purpose.
>>>
>>> About a month ago, network folks upstream from us spewed a bunch of 
>>> policy updates that caused serious trouble.  The worst being mine.
>>>
>>> Now, if I try the same command on an XP box, the command executes 
>>> successfully, the G-drive appears and then blinks to say 
>>> "Disconnected Network Drive"
>>>
>>> Because some of our team use them, I tried from a Windows 2000 box.  
>>> The same command responds with :
>>>
>>> System Error 1240 has occurred.  The account is not authorized to 
>>> log in from this station"
>>>
>>> I checked the smb.conf file and found that the samba server is 
>>> configured for encrypted passwords.  This error makes no sense.
>>>
>>> The local network folks are convinced this is a Unix problem.
>>>
>>> Any clues out there for this clueless one ?
>>
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