I have run through DIAGNOSIS.txt and gotten to step 8. When entering :> net view \\<my server name>I get: Error 86: The specified network password is not correct. Type the correct password, or contact your network administrator for more information. This is funny, because when I type:> testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf <my client name> <clients ip addr>I get: ... Allow connection from <my client name> (<ip addr>) to tmp I am logged in on the client with a valid samba username and password and have tested this on this combo on the samba server. If I simply run a "net view" on the win client, all is good, and I can see the server. Additionally, running a "nbtstat -a <my server>, it reports all is registered. I have checked the faq and the GOTCHAS.txt, and I haven't been able to find a solution. Does anyone know what is going on here? Do you need more information? thanks, brassow -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
Jonathan Brassow
2002-Mar-12 08:20 UTC
[Samba] Fail on "Test 8" - proposed solution fails...
After doing some searching on the web, I found the answer to my problem in the archives of the Long Island LUG. I am posting this message here to help anyone who might be having the same problem. My original message was... ################################### I have run through DIAGNOSIS.txt and gotten to step 8. When entering :> net view \\<my server name>I get: Error 86: The specified network password is not correct. Type the correct password, or contact your network administrator for more information. This is funny, because when I type:> testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf <my client name> <clients ip addr>I get: ... Allow connection from <my client name> (<ip addr>) to tmp I am logged in on the client with a valid samba username and password and have tested this on this combo on the samba server. If I simply run a "net view" on the win client, all is good, and I can see the server. Additionally, running a "nbtstat -a <my server>, it reports all is registered. I have checked the faq and the GOTCHAS.txt, and I haven't been able to find a solution. Does anyone know what is going on here? Do you need more information? ################################ The problem was encription. My win98 box expected it, but I didn't have it set up on the server. I fixed it by enabling plain text passwords on the win98 box (I'm in no need of the extra security). Perhaps it should be considered to add a note in the proposed solutions for test 8 that password encription may be a potential problem. This might help people in the future. hope this helps others, brassow