[Samba] I can't connect to a Samba resource

[J. L. Cabral]

Dear, thanks for your help.....I've logged into a Windows domain with
user: jelo and pass: rata89012.

My desktop is Windows XP SP2.

In samba server the shared resource is /var/recorder with this rigths:

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 feb 16 14:56 recorder

The Unix local user is jelo with pass 1234, and then I execute:
smbpasswd -a jelo with pass 1234, as I told before.

A pair of months ago in other LAN, in the same scenario I could log in
XXX domain and I could conect to a samba resource with YYY workgroup
(YYY is different from XXX), but here I can't at all.

So please what do you recommend to change for my current scenario ???

Thanks again,

JeLo

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Philippe LeCavalier
<support at plecavalier.com> wrote:
> Excerpts from J. L. Cabral's message of Wed Feb 16 14:25:40 -0500 2011:
> [...]
>> Samba Server: Centos 5.5 with samba and samba-common packages
>> Content of smb.conf:
>> [global]
>> workgroup = somisa
> [...]
>> [share]
>> comment = recordings
>> path = /var/recorder
>> browseable = yes
>> writable = yes
>> public = yes
>> read only = no
>>
>> #adduser jelo
>> #passwd jelo (1234)
>> #smbpasswd -a jelo (1234, same as Unix account)
>> #/etc/init.d/smb restart
>>
>> I'm now in my Windows Desktop, connected to a domain called somisa,
>> the same as the samba workgroup with user jelo with pass rata89012
>> (not 1234 as the samba pass).
>>
> Have you joined the domain?
>> After that from into Windows explorer I connect to unit W:
>>
>> \\samba_server\share
>>
>> with user: jelo and pass: 1234
> this is the source of your issues. See [1] for the why and how.
>> I can see the resource but  I get an error telling me that the ACCESS
>> IS DENIED to W:
>>
>> and this is the log:
>>
>> [2011/02/16 16:22:16, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1077)
>>   2000-96 (10.11.4.22) connect to service share initially as user jelo
>> (uid=500, gid=500) (pid 20468)
>>
>>
>>
>> What can I do ??? I have this problem from a lot of days ago :(
> ref.
> [1]
> You'll have problems like that if your account credentials aren't identical.
> By logging in to the domain you're creating a link using a certain set
> of credentials. Then by issuing \\samba_server\share and providing a
> different set you're working against a longtime/well known limitation
> that windows cannot connect to the same network resource using different
> credentials...Is the Win 7 Pro by any chance?
>
> It's not impossible but will likely lead to problems if
> your not experienced in doing so.
>> Thanks in advance !!!
>>
>> JeLo
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Phil
>