[Samba] session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

[Rowland Penny]

On 03/11/15 14:08, Roger Wu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed samba 4.0.0rc4 with CentOS 6.7.
> I'm now trying to setup samba server using NIS authentication and access
> from Windows 7,
> but I hit one question I don't know how to deal with.
> After starting service, I tried the following command, but got an error
> message
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# smbclient -L //testcad16
> Enter root's password:
> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
>
> I looked into log.nmbd and log.smbd, the following messages were showed up
> as below,
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# tail -20 log.nmbd
> [2015/11/03 10:04:48,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:883(main)
>    nmbd version 4.0.0rc4 started.
>    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2012
> [2015/11/03 10:04:48,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd.c:922(main)
>    standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# tail -20 log.smbd
> [2015/11/03 10:04:44,  0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1200(main)
>    smbd version 4.0.0rc4 started.
>    Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2012
> [2015/11/03 10:04:44.577027,  0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1280(main)
>    standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
>
> Then I gave the following command, but I had no idea how to debug.
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# smbclient -d3 -L //testcad16
> lp_load_ex: refreshing parameters
> Initialising global parameters
> rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
> params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"
> Processing section "[global]"
> added interface eth0 ip=fe80::20c:29ff:fe2a:2d99%eth0
> bcast=fe80::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff%eth0 netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
> added interface eth0 ip=172.26.85.211 bcast=172.26.87.255
> netmask=255.255.248.0
> Client started (version 4.0.0rc4).
> Enter root's password:
> Connecting to 172.26.85.211 at port 445
> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
>
> My smb.conf setting is as below,
> [global]
>          workgroup = TESTSMB
>          server string = Samba Server Version %v
>          netbios name = testcad16
>          encrypt passwords = No
>          client NTLMv2 auth = No
>          client lanman auth = Yes
>          client plaintext auth = Yes
>          security = user
>          passdb backend = tdbsam
>          dns proxy = No
>          idmap config * : backend = tdb
>          hosts allow = 127., 172.26.
>          cups options = raw
>
> [homes]
>          comment = Home Directories
>          read only = No
>          browseable = No
>
> [printers]
>          comment = All Printers
>          path = /var/spool/samba
>          printable = Yes
>          print ok = Yes
>          browseable = No
>
> For more information,
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# rpm -qa | grep samba
> samba4-4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64
> samba4-libs-4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64
> samba4-winbind-4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64
> samba4-client-4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64
> samba4-common-4.0.0-66.el6_6.rc4.x86_64
>
> [root at testcad16 samba]# netstat -tulnp | grep mbd
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445                 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      19363/smbd
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139                 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      19363/smbd
> tcp        0      0 :::445                      :::*
>   LISTEN      19363/smbd
> tcp        0      0 :::139                      :::*
>   LISTEN      19363/smbd
> udp        0      0 172.26.87.255:137           0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
> udp        0      0 172.26.85.211:137           0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:137                 0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
> udp        0      0 172.26.87.255:138           0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
> udp        0      0 172.26.85.211:138           0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:138                 0.0.0.0:*
>              19382/nmbd
>
>
> Regards,

Is there any way you can use a later version of samba ? i.e. by using 
the Sernet packages:

https://portal.enterprisesamba.com/

Version 4.0.x is EOL and a later version may contain the fix for your 
problem.

Rowland