samba - May 2002 - Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client

Hello all.  I am new to Samba, so forgive me if this is a stupid
question, but I have been unable to figure this out.

I have a Red Hat 7.1 box (kernel 2.4.9) with the Samba 2.2.4-2 RPM
installed.  I am trying to configure it so that Windows 2000 machines
within my company's Windows domain can access it.  Before diving into
anything exotic, I am trying to get this to work without requiring any
kind of authentication.  So, this is my smb.conf file:

   [global]
      workgroup = DEVGROUP
      security = share
      netbios name = skunkworx
   [test]
      comment = test share
      path = /export/samba/test
      read only = no
      guest only = yes
      guest account = nobody

The relevant directory, /export/samba/test, does exist, and has 777
permissions.

When Samba is running, SKUNKWORX shows up in a listing of the Windows
domain, but all attempts to access the share have failed with the error
message "\\Skunkworx is not accessible.  The account is not authorized
to log in from this station."  An Internet search led me to believe this
problem usually happens because Win2K machines use encrypted passwords
by default, which a Samba set-up like mine would not support.  However,
because I am trying to bypass the use of passwords altogether (for now),
I do not believe this is my problem.  Still, I went ahead and tried the
suggested registry hack, enabling Win2K to use plain-text passwords.  No
dice.

I can supply the dump from testparm, and I can also supply the logs from
smbd when I tried this with debug level 3, if any of that will help. 
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.  If this question has been
answered before, feel free to direct me to the appropriate archives (I
didn't see any search options available).  Thank you.

---Kris Kelley

I'm running into the same thing - but I'm going thru the File Explorer
and trying to Map a drive manually. It started when I went up to 2.2.4.
:/

Jim Hale
---
Jim & Kathy's Website Collection
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Kris Kelley
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:48 PM
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client
> 
> 
> Hello all.  I am new to Samba, so forgive me if this is a 
> stupid question, but I have been unable to figure this out.
> 
> I have a Red Hat 7.1 box (kernel 2.4.9) with the Samba 
> 2.2.4-2 RPM installed.  I am trying to configure it so that 
> Windows 2000 machines within my company's Windows domain can 
> access it.  Before diving into anything exotic, I am trying 
> to get this to work without requiring any kind of 
> authentication.  So, this is my smb.conf file:
> 
>    [global]
>       workgroup = DEVGROUP
>       security = share
>       netbios name = skunkworx
>    [test]
>       comment = test share
>       path = /export/samba/test
>       read only = no
>       guest only = yes
>       guest account = nobody
> 
> The relevant directory, /export/samba/test, does exist, and 
> has 777 permissions.
> 
> When Samba is running, SKUNKWORX shows up in a listing of the 
> Windows domain, but all attempts to access the share have 
> failed with the error message "\\Skunkworx is not accessible. 
>  The account is not authorized to log in from this station."  
> An Internet search led me to believe this problem usually 
> happens because Win2K machines use encrypted passwords by 
> default, which a Samba set-up like mine would not support.  
> However, because I am trying to bypass the use of passwords 
> altogether (for now), I do not believe this is my problem.  
> Still, I went ahead and tried the suggested registry hack, 
> enabling Win2K to use plain-text passwords.  No dice.
> 
> I can supply the dump from testparm, and I can also supply 
> the logs from smbd when I tried this with debug level 3, if 
> any of that will help. 
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.  If this question 
> has been answered before, feel free to direct me to the 
> appropriate archives (I didn't see any search options 
> available).  Thank you.
> 
> ---Kris Kelley
> 
> 
> 
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Well, I kind of solved the problem. I noticed that when I installed
2.2.4 (RPM) it made a backup of my smb.conf (called smb.conf.rpmsave) -
I deleted the smb.conf, renamed the .rpmsave and Voila! I got my drive
access back. :)

Jim Hale
---
Jim & Kathy's Website Collection
http://hale.dyndns.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hale
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:59 PM
> To: 'Kris Kelley'
> Cc: Mailing List - Samba
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client
> 
> 
> I'm running into the same thing - but I'm going thru the File 
> Explorer and trying to Map a drive manually. It started when 
> I went up to 2.2.4. :/
> 
> Jim Hale
> ---
> Jim & Kathy's Website Collection
> http://hale.dyndns.org
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Kris Kelley
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:48 PM
> > To: samba@lists.samba.org
> > Subject: [Samba] Can't access a linux server using a Win2K client
> > 
> > 
> > Hello all.  I am new to Samba, so forgive me if this is a
> > stupid question, but I have been unable to figure this out.
> > 
> > I have a Red Hat 7.1 box (kernel 2.4.9) with the Samba
> > 2.2.4-2 RPM installed.  I am trying to configure it so that 
> > Windows 2000 machines within my company's Windows domain can 
> > access it.  Before diving into anything exotic, I am trying 
> > to get this to work without requiring any kind of 
> > authentication.  So, this is my smb.conf file:
> > 
> >    [global]
> >       workgroup = DEVGROUP
> >       security = share
> >       netbios name = skunkworx
> >    [test]
> >       comment = test share
> >       path = /export/samba/test
> >       read only = no
> >       guest only = yes
> >       guest account = nobody
> > 
> > The relevant directory, /export/samba/test, does exist, and
> > has 777 permissions.
> > 
> > When Samba is running, SKUNKWORX shows up in a listing of the
> > Windows domain, but all attempts to access the share have 
> > failed with the error message "\\Skunkworx is not accessible. 
> >  The account is not authorized to log in from this station."  
> > An Internet search led me to believe this problem usually 
> > happens because Win2K machines use encrypted passwords by 
> > default, which a Samba set-up like mine would not support.  
> > However, because I am trying to bypass the use of passwords 
> > altogether (for now), I do not believe this is my problem.  
> > Still, I went ahead and tried the suggested registry hack, 
> > enabling Win2K to use plain-text passwords.  No dice.
> > 
> > I can supply the dump from testparm, and I can also supply
> > the logs from smbd when I tried this with debug level 3, if 
> > any of that will help. 
> > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.  If this question 
> > has been answered before, feel free to direct me to the 
> > appropriate archives (I didn't see any search options 
> > available).  Thank you.
> > 
> > ---Kris Kelley
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Kris Kelley wrote:
>Hello all.  I am new to Samba, so forgive me if this is a stupid
>question, but I have been unable to figure this out.
>
>I have a Red Hat 7.1 box (kernel 2.4.9) with the Samba 2.2.4-2 RPM
>installed.  I am trying to configure it so that Windows 2000 machines
>within my company's Windows domain can access it.  Before diving into
>anything exotic, I am trying to get this to work without requiring any
>kind of authentication.  So, this is my smb.conf file:
>
>   [global]
>      workgroup = DEVGROUP
>      security = share
>      netbios name = skunkworx
>   [test]
>      comment = test share
>      path = /export/samba/test
>      read only = no
>      guest only = yes
>      guest account = nobody
>  
>
i wish i could give you some clearer help  but i've not done this myself

i suggest you take a look in the log files
after adding
log level = 2
to your global section
/var/log/samba/log.smbd

another thing to try is to up your sambabox in a different workgroup (ie 
devgroup2)

if you don't know what to make of the results of your log file post them 
here.

brad