Re: can't connect to samba shares from 'doze

[stonelx <mike@stonelx.ath.cx>]

Hi Tom,
Check that you have encrypted passwords set to yes.

testparm |grep encrypt
<enter>

hth,

Mike


Quoting Tom Cook <tom.cook@adelaide.edu.au>:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am running samba 2.0.8 on a potato system.  I have samba shares set up
> on my linux machine, and from another linux machine 'smbclient -L pinky'
> reports this:
> 
> Domain=[NEW] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.8]
> 
> 	Sharename      Type      Comment
> 	---------      ----      -------
> 	homes          Disk      Home Directories
> 	printers       Printer   All Printers
> 	IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (pinky server (Samba 2.0.8))
> 	lp             Printer   Generic dot-matrix printer entry
> 	tkcook         Disk      Home Directories
> 
> 	Server               Comment
> 	---------            -------
> 	PINKY                pinky server (Samba 2.0.8)
> 
> 	Workgroup            Master
> 	---------            -------
> 	NEW                  
> 
> So, so far as I can see, the smbd configuration is good.  But when I
> attempt to connect from a windoze box, so my users can see their UNIX
> home dirs, I get problems.  When I try to list available shares I get an
> authentication failure, and I keep on getting it no matter what username
> and password I put in, except guest, which gives the error 'account
> currently disabled'.  I have done nothing to disable this account, and I
> can see no line in the smb.conf file that might disable it.  Has anyone
> come across this before?
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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