samba - Sep 2004 - NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE on auth to a win NT4-server

Hello,

after long searching in the docs, the web and my Samba-books
I have to ask here.
I followed exact the steps described in the book: "samba-3 by example"
up to chapter 5.


What kind of trouble indicates this errormessage after trying this:

	server:# smbclient //domain/SHARE -U user -d 2
      Password:

	session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE


In my client-logfile apperars always the same message: 

[2004/09/15 04:08:30, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1122)
  make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed!




I found so many questions with the NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE - error, but 
no solution or at minimum any hint, what is going wrong here.


Connecting from a windows-box I get always the password-dialog-box. 


Mit freundlichen Gr??en


Wolfgang Wagner
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Systemadministration
Riwa GmbH, Zwingerstra?e 1, 87435 Kempten, +49-831-52 29 63-537
eMail:    wolfgang.wagner@riwa-gis.de

Wolfgang Wagner wrote:
> I followed exact the steps described in the book: "samba-3 by
example" up to chapter 5.
For those who unfamiliar with the book smb.conf will be very helpful.
> What kind of trouble indicates this errormessage after trying this:
> 
> 	server:# smbclient //domain/SHARE -U user -d 2
>       Password:
> 
> 	session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
It can indicate incorrect password. It can be other issues as well, but 
there's no enough information about your case.
> In my client-logfile apperars always the same message: 
> 
> [2004/09/15 04:08:30, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1122)
>   make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed!
This means that there is a problem with the user account. What problem 
exactly depends on what "passdb backend" you use and the way you 
initialize users there.

Igor