When I enabled debug option I could see the error msg as lib/util_tdb.c:tdb_log(664) tdb(/usr/local/samba/private/secrets.tdb): *tdb_mmap failed for size 8192 (Inva lid argument)*
And every time it prompts for username and password; even though I reset password using smbpasswd and tried; same error appears; any pointer what went wrong. my smb.conf file [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = TEST server string = preferred master = no *security = user* wins enable = no *local master = yes* hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.2. 192.168.200. config file = /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf os level = 8 load printers = no log level = 3 passdb:5 auth:10 winbind:2 log file = /var/samba/log.%m max log size = 10 encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCV BUF=16384 dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes default case = upper case sensitive = no mangled names = yes null passwords = yes dos filetimes = yes force directory mode = 771 force create mode = 660 create mask = 771 map system = yes map to guest = Bad User guest account = guest [public] path = /share/data/public guest ok = yes comment = for public browseable = yes read only = yes valid users = @administrators,@everybody write list = @administrators,@everybody [private] path = /share/data/private comment = private browseable = yes read only = yes valid users = @administrators write list = @administrators thanks bhagwat
