[Samba] Windows clients require reboot once a day in order to access mapped drives

[Mason Schmitt]

Hi Rowland,

> I hope someone has seen this before and knows what's going on.  Given
> > the time delay between the problem recurring, I'm guessing the issue
> > lies with Kerberos, but I'm not sure how to verify that or how to
> > resolve the issue. If you need more info, please let me know.
> >
> > Problem:
> > Each morning, windows users are not able to access their mapped
> > drives. Once they reboot their computers, they are fine for another
> > day.
> >
>
> > smb.conf on file server
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > [global]
> > kerberos method = system keytab
> > workgroup = REALM
> > security = ads
> > realm = REALM.EXAMPLE.COM
>
> Provided that 'REALM' is really 'DOMAIN' (a single word, 15 characters
> or less, without a dot)


Yes, REALM is actually a 4 letter word (but not "that kind" of 4 letter
word...).



> , the only thing I would do is to remove the
> 'kerberos method' line
>

I'll try removing that and see what happens.


--
Mason