Samba user/passwd combo error

engtech · 03-13-2005, 03:57 AM

I have recently set up a RH 7.2 / Samba server for Printing. All is well if I logon from WinXP or Win98 using the linux/samba username I first setup with for myself. The trouble comes when I try any other username I created later with adduser and smbadduser I get the error:

Code:

 
# smbclient //MyServer-Samba/Jdoe -U Jdoe 
added interface ip=192.168.1.3 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Password:
session setup failed: ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or Session Setup are invalid.)

In Windows the Network Neighborhood asks for password to
\\MyServer-Samba\IPC$ and always errors out with "The password is incorrect. Try again"

When I change the bad users password with smbpasswd it takes the new passwd w/out any error, but still doesn't work when trying to connect.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
engtech

engtech · 03-14-2005, 03:40 AM

[RESOLVED]

Deleting the "bad" users from both linux and samba then adding them in again seems to work... Not sure what I did wrong in the first place... I think it might be that I was using smbadduser instead of smbpasswd -a username...

But i'll never know since nobody bothered to reply to the post. Best way to learn i guess, fumble through it on your own.