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

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
>
> 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

For starters try

chown -R jelo:Domain\ Users recorder

or at least

chown -R jelo recorder

See if that helps.
>
>
>
> 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
>>