hi I need help trouble shooting using samba to authenticate login via active directory. Here is part of system log Jun 7 15:05:41 scenty64 pam_winbind[2950]: user 'HIDDEN\zuser' granted access Jun 7 15:05:41 scenty64 gdm(pam_unix)[2950]: session opened for user HIDDEN\zuser by (uid=0) Jun 7 15:05:41 scenty64 gdm-binary[2950]: Couldn't open session for HIDDEN\zuser I can not find information as to what gdm-binary[2950] means or how to fix it. Should I send smb.conf, nsswitch.conf & system-auth?? Paul Karrel 705 2771082
> Jun 7 15:05:41 scenty64 gdm(pam_unix)[2950]: session opened for user > HIDDEN\zuser by (uid=0) > > Jun 7 15:05:41 scenty64 gdm-binary[2950]: Couldn't open session for > HIDDEN\zuser > > I can not find information as to what gdm-binary[2950] means or how to > fix it.At a rough guess, run "getent passwd HIDDEN\\zuser" and see where this user's home directory is. Does that directory exist? Cheers, Adam.
-----Original Message----- gdm-binary[2950]: Couldn't open session for HIDDEN\zuser I can not find information as to what gdm-binary[2950] means or how to fix it. Should I send smb.conf, nsswitch.conf & system-auth?? Gnome Display Manager. gdm-binary was running with process ID 2950. It looks like your Samba server is also running Gnome, and Hidden\zuser tried to authenticate against gdm instead of winbind. James
> when the user logs in the OS says it is creating the directory > (/home/hidden/zuser) but the directory is not created. What might > be preventing this?The only thing that springs to mind is if the program creating that directory doesn't have enough access to /home, it won't be able to create the folder. You can try running 'chmod 777 /home' to temporarily allow full access to the folder, then see if the home directory is created, but it could also be something as simple as the folder /home/hidden/zuser can't be created because /home/hidden doesn't exist. If you create /home/hidden by hand it may start working. Cheers, Adam.