On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Dodson, Eric (COT) <ericn.dod...@ky.gov> wrote: > Problem: We have a share defined using Samba 3.5.8 on AIX 6.1. Several > people can map a Windows Network Drive to the share and it works fine. > Several other people get Windows errors or system errors when trying to > map a drive to the same share. > > > > Command line errors (from the net use command): > > System error 59 > > or > > System error 64 > > > > Windows Explorer error: > > The specified network name is no longer available. > > > > I can map the drive fine from my PC. I can go to another PC and try to > map a drive to the same share using my same Samba ID and password as > defined in Samba on AIX and I get the above errors. All of the PC's have > matching XP Pro 2002 SP3 and anti-virus versions. > > > > I need help in determining the cause of the problem and the solution. > The only pattern I have seen so far is that the older PC's work and the > newer PC's (same brand) don't work. The newer PC's have a network cards > from different vendors. I have upgraded a PC with errors to the newest > network driver and still have the same errors. It seems to be a > PC-specific problem. Maybe it's related to policy differences or > installed Microsoft Update differences, etc. > > > > I have had our AIX admin upgrade from Samba 3.2.0 to 3.5.8 and we still > have the same errors. I have had our AIX admin set the log level from 1 > to 3 and add the %m option to the log file setting. I have captured a > Samba log file on AIX from my working PC and compared it to a log from > an erroring PC: > > > > 1. The log.<computer_name> file that works contains a "Got user" entry > (below) showing my Samba ID, my actual domain name, and my computer > name. The log.<computer_name> file from the computer getting Windows > drive mapping errors does not have this type of entry: > > > > [ ] > libsmb/ntlmssp.c:747(ntlmssp_server_auth) > > Got user=[MyUserName] domain=[MyDomainName] > workstation=[MyComputerName] len1=24 len2=24 > > > > 2. The log.<computer_name> file from the computer getting Windows drive > mapping errors ends with two additional entries (below). The > log.<computer_name> file that works does not end with these two entries > (timestamps removed for comparison): > > > > [ ] smbd/connection.c:31(yield_connection) > > Yielding connection to > > [ ] smbd/server.c:902(exit_server_common) > > Server exit (failed to receive smb request) > > > > The smb.conf file from AIX 6.1 (actual IP's replaced): > > > > [global] > > unix charset = CP850 > > display charset = CP850 > > workgroup = INSP > > server string = InSp > > guest account = guest > > log level = 3 > > log file = /var/log.%m > > max log size = 3000 > > load printers = No > > domain master = Yes > > dns proxy = No > > wins server = IP1..., IP2..., IP3..., IP4... > > ldap ssl = no > > > > [MyShare] > > path = /MyShare > > read only = No > > create mask = 0775 > > > > I have done a lot of searching on the errors and only found suggestions > to upgrade Samba and upgrade network drivers. This is my first post, so > please let me know if additional information would help. >
Is the WINS server entered in the windows client? Is the nmbd daemon running? John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba