samba - Dec 2004 - User e-rizzo in passdb, but getpwnam() fails

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Hi all,
I have a new samba installation, Debian + samba 3.0.8 configured as PDC.
I added the first machine to the domain and now, after reboot, I cannot
log in.
The error I see, in samba log, is:

  User e-rizzo in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!

but this is rathere strange since e-rizzo is present in passwd:

# getent passwd e-rizzo
e-rizzo:x:1008:501:description:/samba/e-rizzo:/bin/bash
#

and it is present in samba database:

# pdbedit -d 0 -u e-rizzo
e-rizzo:1008:description
#

Do you have any hints on what to check or what the problem is?

Thanks,
Giuseppe

Il giorno mer, 01-12-2004 alle 10:15 +0100, Giuseppe Sacco ha
scritto:
> [Please CC to me since I am not subscribed to the list]
> 
> Hi all,
> I have a new samba installation, Debian + samba 3.0.8 configured as PDC.
> I added the first machine to the domain and now, after reboot, I cannot
> log in.
> The error I see, in samba log, is:
> 
>   User e-rizzo in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
> 
The problem was that the linux user did not have a password. When I
specified a password for the linux user, then samba accepted the user
connections.

Bye,
Giuseppe