[Samba] session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

[Rowland Penny]

On 04/11/15 11:33, Roger Wu wrote:
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> 2015-11-04 18:41 GMT+08:00 Rowland Penny <rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rowlandpenny241155 at gmail.com>>:
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>     On 04/11/15 10:28, Roger Wu wrote:
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>             OK, you seem to be trying to set up a standalone server,
>         you do
>             realise that you will need to create your users on this as
>         well as
>             on the windows machines.
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>         yes, but I hope samba can use NIS authentication instead of
>         using it's own database.
>         Do I need to use smbpasswd to create user accounts again? It's
>         against what I need...
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>     Well, as I don't know what you what, I can only advise on what I
>     see, and I see you trying to setup a standalone server.
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>             You might as well remove these lines, they are the defaults:
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>                     security = USER
>                     passdb backend = tdbsam
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>         Don't I need to set the security level?
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>     You don't need them because they are the *default* settings.
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>             You might as well remove this line, it isn't needed on a
>             standalone server:
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>                     idmap config * : backend = tdb
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>         I didn't  set these parameters. They are reported by testparm
>         command.
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>     Don't post a smb.conf from testparm without saying so, this is
>     probably why you are getting the other two lines above, testparm
>     shows *all* lines in smb.conf, the ones you added *and* the
>     default ones.
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>     I think you are going to have to tell us just what you are trying
>     to achieve. Also if your windows machines are part of a domain.
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>     Rowland
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> Please pardon me for poor English. I tried to describe what I want as 
> clear as I can.
> My goal is to make our users can access their own workstation account 
> and personal files from windows XP/7.
> So, it seems to me that if I can setup a samba server and let users 
> login from windows using NIS authentication,
> that would be perfect, then I don't need to create smb accounts again.

OK, what you are trying to do is possible, but before we can help you, 
we need just a little more information.
How many users and workstations do you have?
Do you have any Unix Workstations?

You should never apologise for poor English, I do not know what your 
language is, but I can guarantee I don't speak it, I only speak English :-)

Rowland

> The only thing a user needs to do is to explore the link such as 
> \\testcad16\<user_account>, then one can access his own
> workstation account and files.
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> In such case, how should I do to achieve my goal?
> I've been tried many samba versions, and each version seems to have 
> mild difference while setting smb.conf.
> some parameters work and some don't for one version, but maybe stands 
> in opposite for another.
> I am kind of confused which parameters are what I need.
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