[Samba] SAMBA v3.6.8 on Solaris 10 NOT working after Windows Server 2008 AD updated

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 24 May 2017 20:38:11 +0200
Marc Muehlfeld via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi Albert,
> 
> Am 24.05.2017 um 20:13 schrieb albert samba via samba:
> > My Samba has been working well until I recently run Windows update
> > for DC.
> > 
> > I got the error message below on my client (Windows 8.1 Enterprise
> > Evaluation OS) when accessing the Samba shares.
> > " *\\pinnacle** is not accessible.  You might not have permission
> > to use this network resource.  Contact the administrator of this
> > server to find out if you have access permissions.* "
> > 
> > Here is my smb.conf:
>  > ...
> > *security = domain*
> 
> 3.6 is really old and unsupported. That a Windows update break 
> compatibility may happen. I would try it with a supported version.

That might not be possible, the OP is using Solaris 10.
> 
> However, your smb.conf doesn't look like it is from an AD domain
> member. E. g. I miss the "realm" parameter, and "security" should be
> set to "ADS".

No it looks like it is from an NT4-style domain client

> 
> Can you please check your setup with our domain member documentation:
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Domain_Member
> (Please note that the doc is valid for the supported versions. I'm
> not sure if it is compatible with a 5 year old Samba version)

There is a chance, 'idmap config' existed on 3.6.

What would be interesting to know, what did the OP upgrade the 'DC'
from ??

Rowland

> 
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
>