Hi Folks,
Win2K - SP2 is well old. My 2 year old installation disc was Win2k inc SP2, I have since loaded SP3 and SP4. I upgraded to SP3 & 4 'cos Photoshop CS2 demanded it. Actually, CS2 runs as happily in SP2 as latter upgrades, however, it is now on a machine that doesn't have a modem and connection. I have less crashes!
Cheers,
BD.
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Today's Topics:
- Samba problem with just one Windows client (Chris Green)
- Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Steve Fosdick)
- Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Chris Green)
- Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Wayne Stallwood)
- Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Chris Green)
- Re: Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Laurie Brown)
- Re: Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client (Chris Green)
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:31:50 +0000 From: Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk Subject: [ALUG] Samba problem with just one Windows client To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 20060105223150.GA9083@areti.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I run Samba on my Slackware Linux system.
All our client computers except one can access the Samba shares OK.
On the one that fails it connects OK and the network drive icon appears but when you click on the icon you get a message saying:-
E: Access is DeniedThe same user can connect successfully from other computers on the network. We've checked all the obvious things like the client system is in the right workgroup and the IP address is right at both ends. Other things work fine (HTTP, telnet, etc.)
A "net use E: \server\homes" returns success but if you then try to go to drive E: you get "Access is denied".
What are we missing?
-- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
Message: 2 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:03:04 +0000 From: Steve Fosdick lists@pelvoux.nildram.co.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] Samba problem with just one Windows client To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 20060106000304.13d00306.lists@pelvoux.nildram.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:31:50 +0000
What are we missing?
Are you using encrypted passwords? Is the service pack level of the
manfunctioning machine the same as the others?
Steve.
Message: 3 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:45:42 +0000 From: Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk Subject: [ALUG] Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 20060106084542.GA10402@areti.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:03:04AM +0000, Steve Fosdick wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:31:50 +0000
What are we missing?
Are you using encrypted passwords? Is the service pack level of the
manfunctioning machine the same as the others?
You're thinking down the same routes as us. Yes, we are using encrypted passwords but it's been that way for a long time now (several months). As far as I know the machine which doesn't work is at the same level as the (only) other Win2k machine.
The error seems to have arisen recently, some files were saved on a Samba shared drive from that machine just before Christmas. Now it doesn't work.
We're racking our brains to think of something that's changed but really can't think of anything. It's a very odd error as the shared drive icon appears indicating everything is OK but you can't actually access the files on the shared drive.
-- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
Message: 4 Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:38:25 +0000 From: Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com Subject: Re: [ALUG] Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client To: ALUG main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 1136540305.8024.63.camel@localhost.localdomain Content-Type: text/plain
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 08:45 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
We're racking our brains to think of something that's changed but really can't think of anything. It's a very odd error as the shared drive icon appears indicating everything is OK but you can't actually access the files on the shared drive.
It's very odd that the same user works from another machine, other than that it sounds like a problem with the smbpasswd > passwd mapping.
I assume you are not running Samba in DC mode ?
At the point of authentication is there anything funny appearing in Samba's logs (I am guessing that you don't see the actual failure but I am just wondering if there are any clues before that)
You could try turning off encrypted passwords on the 2k machine as a test (I am not suggesting you leave it like that). The best way to do this (a lot of people seem to resort to hacking about in the registry) is through Admin Tools, Local Security Policy, Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Options, Enable "Send unencrypted passwords to 3rd party SMB Servers"
Message: 5 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:54:39 +0000 From: Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk Subject: [ALUG] Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client To: ALUG main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 20060106095439.GA10842@areti.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:38:25AM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 08:45 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
We're racking our brains to think of something that's changed but really can't think of anything. It's a very odd error as the shared drive icon appears indicating everything is OK but you can't actually access the files on the shared drive.
It's very odd that the same user works from another machine, other than that it sounds like a problem with the smbpasswd > passwd mapping.
I assume you are not running Samba in DC mode ?
What's that? As I don't know what it is I doubt if I am running Samba in DC mode.
At the point of authentication is there anything funny appearing in Samba's logs (I am guessing that you don't see the actual failure but I am just wondering if there are any clues before that)
No, I looked at the logs, I can't see any difference between the connections that work from other machines and the one that fails.
You could try turning off encrypted passwords on the 2k machine as a test (I am not suggesting you leave it like that). The best way to do this (a lot of people seem to resort to hacking about in the registry) is through Admin Tools, Local Security Policy, Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Options, Enable "Send unencrypted passwords to 3rd party SMB Servers"
OK, thanks, I might try that.
-- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
Message: 6 Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:10:07 +0000 From: Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com Subject: Re: [ALUG] Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client To: Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk Cc: ALUG main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 43BE500F.40809@brownowl.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Chris Green wrote:
[SNIP]
Chris,
Have you installed SP2 for W2K recently?
Cheers, Laurie.
Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com
Message: 7 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 11:19:17 +0000 From: Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk Subject: [ALUG] Re: Re: Re: Samba problem with just one Windows client To: ALUG main@lists.alug.org.uk Message-ID: 20060106111917.GA12184@areti.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:10:07AM +0000, Laurie Brown wrote:
Chris Green wrote:
[SNIP]
Chris,
Have you installed SP2 for W2K recently?
It's Ben's (my son's) machine that has the problem, I'll ask him but I don't think he's installed any upgrades recently.
-- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
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