I am unsure what is occuring/has occured. I have a Debian linux 3.1 install running the 2.6 kernel and this was upgraded from Debian 3.0.

Prior to the upgrade I had issues with logging into samba from the windows machine, as in it would return my login with domain/username -- in other words my XP computer name and my username or Alex\scheidel21.

After the upgrade I now can login but I recieve the error

If I change the share level to "share" I can see the printers, and the homes directory (I made it browseable) but i cannot login to the homes directory because it asks for username password combo, but will only let me enter guest. If I enable the guest account and put the security level back to user I recieve an error about not being able to access the resource when I attempt to login from the XP machine.

Funny enough I have a fresh install of Debian Linux 3.1 on another machine and I can access that one just fine! Both machines are running the same version of samba, and additionally have identicle smb.conf files (except for server name)

my smb.conf is below in case you want to peruse it.

#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
# $Id: smb.conf,v 1.2.4.6 2002/03/13 18:56:16 peloy Exp $
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not many any basic syntactic
# errors.
#

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

# Change this for the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = MSHOME

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba %v)

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
load printers = yes

# You may wish to override the location of the printcap file
; printcap name = /etc/printcap

# 'printing = cups' works nicely
; printing = bsd

guest account = nobody
invalid users = root

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to log though syslog only then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'. Please note that logging through syslog in
# Samba is still experimental.
; syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smb,nmb} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
syslog = 0

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# security_level.txt for details.
security = user

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read ENCRYPTION.txt,
# Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. Do not enable this
# option unless you have read those documents
encrypt passwords = yes

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
# SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# --- Browser Control Options ---

# Please _read_ BROWSING.txt and set the next four parameters according
# to your network setup. The defaults are specified below (commented
# out.) It's important that you read BROWSING.txt so you don't break
# browsing in your network!

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
local master = yes

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
os level = 85

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
preferred master = yes

# --- End of Browser Control Options ---

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server
wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
dns proxy = no

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

# Name mangling options
; preserve case = yes
; short preserve case = yes

# This boolean parameter controlls whether Samba attempts to sync. the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# /etc/samba/smbpasswd file is changed.
; unix password sync = false

# For Unix password sync. to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Augustin Luton <aluton@hybrigenics.fr> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Potato).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
; pam password change = no

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

obey pam restrictions = yes
restrict anonymous = no
max protocol = NT
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; winbind uid = 10000-20000
; winbind gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
read only = no
valid users = %S

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
create mask = 0700

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
directory mask = 0700

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printable = yes
create mask = 0700


If anyone has a solution please let me know, it's driving me mad, this system is basically my central home server, and I can access stuff via ftp, http, vnc etc... but I want to be able to use it for mapped drives to certain resources.

On an additional note I have added and used other users and I get the same error.

Alex

with security = user you will need to create a linux user, usually the same name as you use on winows, then use smbpasswd -a to add that user to samba. then you connect to the samba machine, and if your passwords are synchronized then you should get access to the home share

Thanks for the suggestion, however, this still did not work, the user was all ready added, and I added it again with no luck I still recieve the error

\\Debian is not accessable.

A device attached to the system is not functioning.

Alex

Does the windows user name specified in samba match up?

You have two Debian boxes. Can you access the shares on the one in question from the one working okay using smbmount //machine/<username> mntpoint ..... ?

And the other way around?

Also, remove this, and restart smb.
valid users = %S
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

Well the username from XP and Samba are the same, additionally the samba username is also a valid linux account. My other debian machine is turned off till I get a new CMOS battery for it, which should be in the next day or so. As soon as the CMOS battery comes in I'll try to smb to the debian server. I do recall doing this before and if I recall I recieved some sort or error when attemting to do so.

Alex

Hey take my running samba configs , SAMBA as a PDC with netbios with roaming profiles.
I noticed you are using WINS, by mine is with NETBIOS.

Go thru it & check out whether it results any help to you or not.....


[global]
netbios name = LUK1-NEW
printing = CUPS
printcap name = cups
# password server = None
workgroup = ielko
os level = 65
# username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
show add printer wizard = no
prefered master = yes
domain master = yes
local master = yes
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
domain logons = yes
logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u
logon drive = p:
logon home = \\LUK1-NEW\pages
logon script = %u.bat
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/false %u

[homes]
#path= /home/administrator
comment = test
writeable = yes
guest account = ok

[netlogon]
path= /var/lib/samba/net
logon guest ok = yes
read only = yes

[profiles]
path= /var/lib/samba/profiles
read only = no
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700

#profile acls = no

[printers]
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
use client driver = yes
browseable = no

[pages]
path = /pages
writeable = yes
#guest ok = yes
valid users = engineer shirinabbas piyusha deepa saumya manish1 administrator rishabh


[mail]
path=/mail
writable=yes
valid users= engineer
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Need any sort of help on this feedback.
I'll try to respond asap.

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Thanks I'll try it, though I am fairly sure WINS and Netbios are the same.

I did some exhaustive research and I also came across a possible solution, well anser though I don't know how to implement it. Someone else had a similar issue, and found the problem was a bad default group mapping, I do not know how to do anything with the group mappings does anyone have any idea what I can do to rectify a bad defualt group mapping.

Thanks

Alex