samba - Sep 2002 - Debian server

Hi

I've just built a Debian 3.0 Woody Samba server with version 2.23a.
Using stable rather than unstable.

After putting it into a network with another Samba server I find that
the Win98 client machines can't connect to it but they can connect to
the other server.  The other server is set to OS level 65 and the new
one is somewhere below that.

I've run all the usual tests and they all work fine except for the
first one "smbclient -L BIGSERVER".  After running this I get
"NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE".  Not knowing what this means it doesn't
help much.  Had a look in /etc/resolv.conf and everything would seem
to be fine in there.  Ping any machine anywhere on the network
without a hitch.  Looked at the man pages couldn't find a reference
 to this.

Can anyone explain what the above error message means and how can I
actually get the Win98 clients to login eventually after
troubleshooting this peculiar problem ?  Not seen it on RedHat or
SuSE boxes only on a Debian box.

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Thanks



Richard
www.sheflug.co.uk

On Friday 20 September 2002 09:31, Richard Ibbotson
wrote:
>
> After putting it into a network with another Samba server I find that
> the Win98 client machines can't connect to it but they can connect to
> the other server.  The other server is set to OS level 65 and the new
> one is somewhere below that.
>
> I've run all the usual tests and they all work fine except for the
> first one "smbclient -L BIGSERVER".  After running this I get
> "NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE".  Not knowing what this means it
doesn't
> help much.  Had a look in /etc/resolv.conf and everything would seem
> to be fine in there.  Ping any machine anywhere on the network
> without a hitch.  Looked at the man pages couldn't find a reference
>  to this.
Hmm, did you try that as root? Debian disallows root per default.
> Can anyone explain what the above error message means and how can I
> actually get the Win98 clients to login eventually after
> troubleshooting this peculiar problem ?  Not seen it on RedHat or
> SuSE boxes only on a Debian box.
Try as an ordinary user :) You need the user in smbpasswd or have the server 
get the authentication from another server for that, of course.

HTH

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Kai Blin 	Linux system administrator 	Tel: Ring-86592
Allgemeine Chirurgie 	Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.
		-- Homer

>
> After putting it into a network with another Samba server I find that
> the Win98 client machines can't connect to it but they can connect to
> the other server.  The other server is set to OS level 65 and the new
> one is somewhere below that.
You say there is another server.  Are you trying to do domain logins on both
servers?  There can be only one domain controller and when you put a new
server on the network, there will be an election to see which one is the
controller. The one with the highest OS level wins, so if your other server
has a higher OS level, this new server will not do domain logins.

Of course, if you are not trying to do logins on both servers, then this is
useless.  If this is the case, send up some more information on how you are
doing authentication on the two servers.

Trey Nolen