On 6/23/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> 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? > > > > > 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. > > I think there is here a bug. In fact, I was able at the end to have > the shared directory being shared between F7 and Windows2000 (VMware > Server). However, the problem returns after a reboot. Any comments? Indeed, it is a bug: after every reboot I have to set the shared directory visible.
Filed the bug in Bugzilla meanwhile: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245482 Paul
