Authenticating with Samba from XP domain

rw@garibaldi · 12-16-2005, 01:56 AM

Hi all,
I have Samba succesfully up and running on a RH9 machine which is in a Windows domain. I can access a share on the linux machine using shell, so I know it's working.

When I try to connect to a share using an XP machine on the domain, an authentication box pops up asking for a username and password. So far, so good. Why on earth is my username and password (the same as I used in shell) not accepted?

When XP-based authentication pops up for various things, I have to enter the username in the format domain\username. Could the XP authentication popup somehow be mangling the data because it expects it in this format.

Much confused

adz · 12-16-2005, 08:10 PM

Are you saying that your password is not accepted AT ALL or are you annoyed that you have to type in your password every time you reboot your computer (but the password gets accepted and everything works from then on)?

If it's the second one, then you have to go to (in Explorer or My Computer) Tools -> Folder Options -> View (tab) and right at the very end you have to unclick the "Simple file sharing" option even though it's "recommended". You may have to "disconnect network drive" and then map it again fo it to work properly, I can't rememeber.

soulestream · 12-16-2005, 08:15 PM

if its truly in a domain, then you need to make sure that the user/password you are entering has a valid account in the domain and that user has rights to access that machine.

if its a workgroup, then when you try to access the xp machine you need to enter the username and password of a valid account on the XP machine.

sounds right

soule

iuaui · 12-17-2005, 02:18 PM

Just for the curiosity... Have you defined sambausers and passwords? If you have a shell account, it does not automatically mean that you can access a samba share with your Windows box... I once had same problem, but solution to my problem was that simple (problem was in between chair and keyboard back then

). I am just guessing here.

rw@garibaldi · 12-19-2005, 01:51 AM

Just to clarify this, I have set up samba users, and can log in using a samba username and password from console.

I have tried a username and password from the domain as well - no luck.

I have unticked simple file sharing.

The username and password will not work at all. I have not been able to access the Samba share from the XP computer.

Hope this clarifies the problem

Regards
RW