I'm running Red Hat 6.2 with Samba 2.0.6. I am of course starting to
experience difficulty. I am running a simple network, consisting of a
single Win98 PC that is connected via a hub to my Linux server. The
two computers can communicate just fine, ie ping works, telnet, and
Exceeds X-Server work without a problem. However my Samba does not
work.
Here are the symptoms. At this point I would like to mention that you
may disregard the Win 98 PC at this point.
On the Linux server I run the following command:
smbclient -L alpha (my server name)
alpha:/home/tcorr$ smbclient -L alpha
added interface ip=192.168.100.1 bcast=192.168.100.255
nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password
pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)
I've read that I can use a -U option, so I've entered:
smbclient -L alpha -U tcorr%password
and I connect just fine, ie my list of shares come up as specified, just
as in the list below...
I can also do the following, where I enter the password at the prompt:
alpha:/home/tcorr$ smbclient -L alpha -U tcorr
added interface ip=192.168.100.1 bcast=192.168.100.255
nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.6]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
oracle Disk Oracle Stage Directories
tmp Disk Temporary file space
apache Disk Apache HTTP Directory
cdrom Disk Alpha CDROM Mount
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Alpha's Samba Server)
tcorr Disk Home Directories
Server Comment
--------- -------
ALPHA Alpha's Samba Server
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
WORKGROUP ALPHA
The key appears to be to have the -U option specified. I think I am
having a password problem, and I think it has something to do with the
way I installed linux. I used to use Red Hat 6.1 without any problems
(don't ask why I tried to upgrade, stupid, stupid, stupid). Anyhow,
when I upgraded (by saving my old config files, and then re-installing)
I know I was asked about Password methods. I think that is what is
getting me now. I believe I choose standard/pam when I installed
linux, I don't know how to tell???
I have been reading, of course, DIAGNOSIS.txt by Andrew Tridgell, step 3
is where all of this is coming from, step 7, however, smbclient
//alpha/tcorr works just fine when I am prompted for a password.
Any suggestions would be helpful???
tom