On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 06:14:49AM -0400, Lew Aubrey wrote: > I really think this is a Windows problem, but since my very good friend Bill refuses >to return my calls ... > > > The client is WinXP Professional > > The server is RedHat 7.1 with SAMBA 2.2.2-8 > > I have rtfm several times both the ENCRYPTION and PDC-Howto, and I > think I have implemented all of the requisite registry and > passwd/smbpasswd/smb.conf settings. > > The client will happily JOIN the domain, but my efforts to LOGIN to > the domain fail because someone/thing is unable to open passwd > database.
Yout need smbpasswd account and the _same_ user in unix passwd. If you want to use typical windows user names like "Hein Bl�d", than you have to use the "username map (G)" to map those windows username to an _existing_ unix user. See manual page "man smb.conf", hjow to configure this. > > > If you know what I am missing (please be gentle), I would greatly > appreciate a response. > > > Thanks > > > >********************************************************************************************************************************************************** > > Samba Log for the client > >********************************************************************************************************************************************************** > > [2002/10/09 08:14:09, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(546) > Couldn't find user 'user longname' in passdb. > [2002/10/09 08:14:09, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(546) > Couldn't find user 'user longname' in passdb. > [2002/10/09 08:14:09, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(995) > Rejecting user 'user longname': authentication failed > > >*************************************************************************************************** > The messages above are generated when the client is started. > > The messages below are generated when attempting to login to the NT >Domain > >*************************************************************************************************** > > [2002/10/09 08:15:21, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr.c:api_samr_set_userinfo(672) > api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO. > [2002/10/09 08:15:21, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(171) > startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd. > Error was Permission denied ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What tell's "ls -l /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd" ? This file must be exist and readable by the unix user, who runs the samba daemon (normaly root). > [2002/10/09 08:15:21, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwrid(1459) > unable to open passdb database. > Hope this helps. Frank. -- Frank Matthie� [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
