Folks, sorry for asking an navie samba question. When mapping the samba share
[fare] on an NT workstation, using
net use * \\sambaserver\fare /user:fare
I got the error:
"The account is not authorized to login from this station"
I am trying to login using the UNIX-only account - fare, with its UNIX password:
password server = ypservhost (NIS server storing the UNIX account)
hosts allow = mypc (mypc = IP address of the client NT workstation)
/etc/nsswitch.conf on the UNIX host is set to use passwd: nis already.
The Full smb.conf dump is as follows:
# Global parameters
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name netbios aliases server string =
Samba 2.0.3
interfaces bind interfaces only = No
security = SERVER
encrypt passwords = No
update encrypted = No
use rhosts = No
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = No
password server = ypservhost
smb passwd file = /usr/samba/private/smbpasswd
hosts equiv root directory = /
passwd program = /bin/passwd
passwd chat = *old*password* %o\n *new*password* %n\n *new*password*
%n\n *changed*
passwd chat debug = No
username map = /usr/samba/lib/users.map
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
log level = 1
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file max log size = 5000
timestamp logs = Yes
protocol = NT1
read bmpx = Yes
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
nt acl support = No
announce version = 4.2
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 65535
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max packet = 65535
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
read prediction = No
read size = 16384
shared mem size = 1048576
socket options stat cache size = 50
load printers = Yes
printcap name = lpstat
printer driver file = /usr/samba/lib/printers.def
strip dot = No
character set mangled stack = 50
coding system client code page = 850
stat cache = Yes
domain groups domain admin group domain guest
group domain admin users domain guest users
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script delete user script logon script
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 0
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = No
local master = Yes
domain master = No
browse list = Yes
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = No
wins server wins support = No
kernel oplocks = Yes
ole locking compatibility = Yes
smbrun = /usr/samba/bin/smbrun
config file preload lock dir =
/usr/samba/var/locks
default service message command dfree command
valid chars remote announce remote browse sync
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map = auto.home
time offset = 0
unix realname = No
NIS homedir = No
panic action comment path alternate
permissions = No
revalidate = No
username guest account = nobody
invalid users valid users admin users
read list write list force user force group
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow = mypc
hosts deny status = Yes
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict sync = No
sync always = No
print ok = No
postscript = No
printing = sysv
print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s
lpq command = lpstat -o%p
lprm command = cancel %p-%j
lppause command = lp -i %p-%j -H hold
lpresume command = lp -i %p-%j -H resume
queuepause command = lpc stop %p
queueresume command = lpc start %p
printer name printer driver = NULL
printer driver location default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
delete veto files = No
veto files hide files veto oplock files
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map browseable = No
blocking locks = Yes
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = Yes
strict locking = No
share modes = Yes
copy include exec postexec
root preexec root postexec available = Yes
volume fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend magic script magic output
delete readonly = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
[fare]
path = /opt/fare/www
read only = No