From: Elizabeth Schwartz (betsy.schwartz@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 10:12:50 EDT
This sounds like a small thing but it is causing a large number of
helpdesk calls. I'm being pressured to "fix" something and I'm not
sure if it's broken.
After a recent upgrade (details below) large numbers of users are
having trouble mapping SAMBA shares of their home directories on the
"terra" server.
Terra is authenticating using NIS passwords.
Users all have the appropriate registry bit set for plaintext passwords
Usernames are the same in unix and the windows domain.
Here's what I see. User tries to map the drive, fails for whatever
initial reason, and get a popup box:
Username: terra\Guest
Password: ***********
Server logs an error: check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user
[Guest] -> [Guest] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER
If the user replaces "terra\Guest" with just the unix username, it works fine.
The problem: everyone insists it used to work "the other way" and it
*should* work the other way. The Windows 2003 servers work this way.
So: *should* it work the other way? What changed? Can I change it
back? Or do I just need to re-educate all my users? (and take the hit
for making undocumented changes to a production server....)
Have checked SAMBA docs, O'Reilly Samba book, google, faq's and
samba.org mailing list with no joy.
Thanks for a clue bonk,
Betsy.
Old box: Sun 220R running Solaris 7, samba 2.2.2 and Veritas VM/FS 3.4.
New box: Sun 280R running Solaris 9, samba 3.0.2a and Veritas VM/FS 3.5
(same Clariion LUN, moved to new box, veritas deport/import-ed.)
Config file:
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = DESIGN
interfaces = eri0 lo0
bind interfaces only = Yes
password level = 8
log level = 2
syslog = 7
log file = /var/adm/smblog
deadtime = 5
local master = No
wins server = 128.103.170.97
hosts allow = 128.103.170. 128.103.171. 128.103.172. 128.103.173. 128.10
3.174. 128.103.175. 128.103.141. 10.1.1. 10.1.67.
printing = bsd
print command = echo
nis homedir = yes
encrypt passwords = no
posix locking = no
max log size = 524288
[test]
path = /tmp
browsable = yes
valid users = @everyone
guest ok = Yes
[homes]
browsable = no
writable = yes
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
oplocks = no
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