_____ I am having some issues getting my vista client to automatically reconnect to samba after a reboot. The client OS is Vista Business 64Bit SP1. The server is running on Ubuntu (latest version) and Samba 3.2.3. The symptoms are this. I browse to the server via \\name or \\IP_address. I then select a share, map network share to say z:/ It will usually prompt me for authentication just after the initial connection request. So all is good until i reboot. Then the drives show up as not connected. I get notified that they cannot reconnect. I click on the icon for the mapped device and it fails. To fix this, I can just browse to the server via \\server, click on the share and then then a folder...and it will reconnect again. It seems like the authentication isn't getting cached or something. I've never had this issue before, but then I'm new to using Vista. By the way I have changed the Specpol.msc to negotiate NTLM from the default. This was a sticking point for others, but it hasn't seemed to help me. here is a copy of my samba config if it will help. [global] netbios name = linuxgate server string = Samba file and print server workgroup = EWORKGROUP security = user hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1. interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8 192.168.1.0/24 bind interfaces only = yes remote announce = 192.168.1.255 remote browse sync = 192.168.1.255 printcap name = cups load printers = yes cups options = raw printing = cups guest account = smbguest log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log max log size = 1000 null passwords = no username level = 6 password level = 6 encrypt passwords = true unix password sync = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = yes domain master = yes preferred master = yes domain logons = no os level = 66 logon drive = m: logon home = \\%L\homes\%u logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u logon script = %G.bat time server = no name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast wins support = yes wins proxy = no dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes client use spnego = no client signing = no client schannel = no server signing = no server schannel = no nt pipe support = yes nt status support = yes allow trusted domains = no obey pam restrictions = yes enable spoolss = yes client plaintext auth = no disable netbios = no follow symlinks = no update encrypted = yes pam password change = no passwd chat timeout = 120 hostname lookups = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u' passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u' machine password timeout = 120 idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 template shell = /dev/null winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = @ winbind cache time = 360 winbind trusted domains only = yes winbind nested groups = no winbind nss info = no winbind refresh tickets = no winbind offline logon = no [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no nt pipe support = yes nt status support = yes allow trusted domains = no obey pam restrictions = yes enable spoolss = yes client plaintext auth = no disable netbios = no follow symlinks = no update encrypted = yes pam password change = no passwd chat timeout = 120 hostname lookups = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u' passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u' machine password timeout = 120 idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 template shell = /dev/null winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = @ winbind cache time = 360 winbind trusted domains only = yes winbind nested groups = no winbind nss info = no winbind refresh tickets = no winbind offline logon = no [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no share modes = no locking = no [profiles] comment = User Profiles path = /var/samba/profiles read only = no available = yes browseable = no writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no locking = no create mode = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes writable = no guest ok = no public = no printable = yes share modes = no locking = no [RAID5] path = \RAID5\ comment = Main 1.8TB RAID5 share valid users = @friends carl-e directory mask = 777 create mode = 777 force user = 777 read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no
_____ I am having some issues getting my vista client to automatically reconnect to samba after a reboot. The client OS is Vista Business 64Bit SP1. The server is running on Ubuntu (latest version) and Samba 3.2.3. The symptoms are this. I browse to the server via \\name or \\IP_address. I then select a share, map network share to say z:/ It will usually prompt me for authentication just after the initial connection request. So all is good until i reboot. Then the drives show up as not connected. I get notified that they cannot reconnect. I click on the icon for the mapped device and it fails. To fix this, I can just browse to the server via \\server, click on the share and then then a folder...and it will reconnect again. It seems like the authentication isn't getting cached or something. I've never had this issue before, but then I'm new to using Vista. By the way I have changed the Specpol.msc to negotiate NTLM from the default. This was a sticking point for others, but it hasn't seemed to help me. here is a copy of my samba config if it will help. [global] netbios name = linuxgate server string = Samba file and print server workgroup = EWORKGROUP security = user hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1. interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8 192.168.1.0/24 bind interfaces only = yes remote announce = 192.168.1.255 remote browse sync = 192.168.1.255 printcap name = cups load printers = yes cups options = raw printing = cups guest account = smbguest log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log max log size = 1000 null passwords = no username level = 6 password level = 6 encrypt passwords = true unix password sync = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = yes domain master = yes preferred master = yes domain logons = no os level = 66 logon drive = m: logon home = \\%L\homes\%u logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u logon script = %G.bat time server = no name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast wins support = yes wins proxy = no dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes client use spnego = no client signing = no client schannel = no server signing = no server schannel = no nt pipe support = yes nt status support = yes allow trusted domains = no obey pam restrictions = yes enable spoolss = yes client plaintext auth = no disable netbios = no follow symlinks = no update encrypted = yes pam password change = no passwd chat timeout = 120 hostname lookups = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u' passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u' machine password timeout = 120 idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 template shell = /dev/null winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = @ winbind cache time = 360 winbind trusted domains only = yes winbind nested groups = no winbind nss info = no winbind refresh tickets = no winbind offline logon = no [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no nt pipe support = yes nt status support = yes allow trusted domains = no obey pam restrictions = yes enable spoolss = yes client plaintext auth = no disable netbios = no follow symlinks = no update encrypted = yes pam password change = no passwd chat timeout = 120 hostname lookups = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u' passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u' add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u' add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g' delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g' delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g' add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u' machine password timeout = 120 idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 template shell = /dev/null winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = @ winbind cache time = 360 winbind trusted domains only = yes winbind nested groups = no winbind nss info = no winbind refresh tickets = no winbind offline logon = no [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no share modes = no locking = no [profiles] comment = User Profiles path = /var/samba/profiles read only = no available = yes browseable = no writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no locking = no create mode = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes writable = no guest ok = no public = no printable = yes share modes = no locking = no [RAID5] path = \RAID5\ comment = Main 1.8TB RAID5 share valid users = @friends carl-e directory mask = 777 create mode = 777 force user = 777 read only = no available = yes browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no public = no printable = no