As a new user, did you enable his account? My usual advice is to use
SWAT for this. :)
Tim Gessner wrote:> I am trying to support our network while the 'IT' guy is on
vacation. I
> have set up samba before, but it has been a few years so I'm very
rusty.
> The problem is a logon failure for a new user. The smb.conf file has
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> workgroup = DELTA
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> server string = File Server
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> security = DOMAIN
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> obey pam restrictions = Yes
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> password server = delta.deltacompsys.com
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> passdb backend = tdbsam
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> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
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> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
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> I am not familiar with tdbsam. Can anyone point me to some
> documentation or give me the 5 second overview? Where do I go to debug
> this problem?
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> The logon works fine for Windows, just fails with samba. This is
> running on a debian distro. Thanx!
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