Re: [Samba] Accessing member server prompts for credentials

> From: Toby Bluhm <tkb@midwestinstruments.com>
> Date: 2008/06/18 Wed PM 03:35:58 GMT
> To: samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Accessing member server prompts for credentials
>
> Leon Stringer wrote:
> > I'm still struggling with this if anyone can help.
> >
> > I'm back tracking through the HOWTO and realised that I hadn't created
> > a machine trust account.
> >
> > # smbpasswd -a -m server1
> > Failed to modify password entry for user server1$
> >
> > Please can anyone tell me why this last step fails?
>
> Those commands are for working with an NT4 domain. They're of no use if
> you're trying to join samba to an AD domain.
>

Thanks, that makes sense although it isn't very clear in the HOWTO.

So I'm back to square 1: I can't access shares on the server.

If I try to connect remotely I'm prompted for credentials. If I try a domain user account it's rejected, same for a local UNIX user account on the Samba box.


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Leon Stringer wrote:
> Thanks, that makes sense although it isn't very clear in the HOWTO.
>
> So I'm back to square 1: I can't access shares on the server.
>
> If I try to connect remotely I'm prompted for credentials. If I try a
> domain user account it's rejected, same for a local UNIX user account
> on the Samba box.
>
>

Did you see my comments about winbind at the bottom of that message?

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