[Samba] Unable to connect from Windows 7 on samba server 3.4.7 running on ubuntu 10.04

[francis Dupin]

Hi,

I cannot connect from W7 on my server Samba 3.4.7 on ubuntu 10.04.

I have tested the share on an other Linux machine, it is working fine.
The command to test is :
   smbclient  -U me //ipserver/me,

On windows 7
I am logged as "me", with the samba password
When I create a network drive (Z: connected to //ipserver/me), it says 
that it
cannot connect. Acces denied, but the icon become green (not red crossed).

But, surprisingly,  in a console (cmd.exe), I can access to the content 
of Z: , read, write, creating directory, ...


I have made many changes in smb.conf without any result.
Tested in an other windows 7 : same error.

The directory has access only for the user.
If I give access to the group, I can acces tot it by the network drive .


Any idea ? Of course I cannot update Samba to 3.6, because it needs to 
upgrade all the system, and I cannot stop the server for several hours.

Thank you,

Francis


My configuration (The problem is with [homes], the others shares are 
working well) :

/etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]
         log level = 3
         workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
         netbios name = GARGANTUA
         public = Yes
         server string = serveur %h (Samba %v, Ubuntu)
         encrypt passwords = Yes
         passdb backend = tdbsam
         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
         domain logons = Yes
         time server = Yes
         os level = 255
         preferred master = Yes
         domain master = Yes
         local master = Yes
         security = user
         logon drive = V:
         logon script = STARTUP.BAT
         logon path =
         dns proxy = No
         wins support = No
         dos charset = 850
         oplocks = no
         level2 oplocks = no
         kernel oplocks = no
         lock directory = /var/lock/samba
         locking = Yes
         strict locking = no
         posix locking = No
[echanges]
         comment = Repertoire d'echanges
         path = /home/echanges
         writeable = Yes
         read only = No
         create mask = 0666
         directory mask = 0777
         inherit permissions = Yes
         guest ok = No
         follow symlinks = Yes
         browsable = Yes

[logiciels]
         comment = Applications
         path = /home/logiciels
         writeable = Yes
         browseable = Yes
         create mask = 0644
         directory mask = 0755
         inherit permissions = Yes
         guest ok = No
         follow symlinks = no

[publis]
         comment = Publications
         path = /home/publis
         writeable = Yes
         browseable = Yes
         create mask = 0644
         directory mask = 0755
         inherit permissions = Yes
         guest ok = No
         follow symlinks = no


[homes]
         comment = Repertoire personnel
         browseable = No
         writeable = Yes
         read only = No
         preserve case = Yes
         short preserve case = Yes
         create mask = 0644
         directory mask = 0755
         inherit permissions = Yes
         guest ok = No
         path = /home/users/%S
         follow symlinks = No


testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[echanges]"
Processing section "[logiciels]"
Processing section "[publis]"
Processing section "[homes]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
     dos charset = 850
     unix charset = ISO8859-1
     workgroup = LIVIC
     server string = serveur %h (Samba %v, Ubuntu)
     log level = 3
     log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
     time server = Yes
     socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
     logon script = STARTUP.BAT
     logon path =
     logon drive = V:
     domain logons = Yes
     os level = 255
     preferred master = Yes
     domain master = Yes
     dns proxy = No
     kernel oplocks = No
     lock directory = /var/lock/samba
     guest ok = Yes
     oplocks = No
     level2 oplocks = No
     posix locking = No
     strict locking = No

[echanges]
     comment = Repertoire d'echanges
     path = /home/echanges
     read only = No
     create mask = 0666
     directory mask = 0777
     inherit permissions = Yes
     guest ok = No

[logiciels]
     comment = Applications
     path = /home/logiciels
     read only = No
     create mask = 0644
     inherit permissions = Yes
     guest ok = No
     follow symlinks = No

[publis]
     comment = Publications
     path = /home/publis
     read only = No
     create mask = 0644
     inherit permissions = Yes
     guest ok = No
     follow symlinks = No

[homes]
     comment = Repertoire personnel
     path = /home/users/%S
     read only = No
     create mask = 0644
     inherit permissions = Yes
     guest ok = No
     browseable = No
     browsable = No
     follow symlinks = No