Paul Smith wrote: > On 6/23/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I cannot connect from a Windows2000 virtual machine (VMware Server) to >> > a samba directory, as I get (in Windows2000) the following message: >> > >> > "The account is not authorized to log in from this station". The >> > output of 'testparm' is below. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> >> Dumb question - did you add the user you want to log in as using >> "smbpasswd -a"? Samba has to maintain its own password database when >> using encrypted passwords because Windows Networking uses a >> different encryption algorithm. (You can configure Samba to use a >> domain controller instead for passwords...) > > Thanks, Mikkel. Yes, I did use "smbpasswd -a". Any further ideas? > > Paulo > I missed it the first time I looked - you are not using encrypted passwords. (encrypt passwords = no ) If I remember correctly, Windows 2k will not use plain text passwords without a registry patch. So you are going to want to change your Samba config to use encrypted passwords. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
