RE: Unable To Connect To SAMBA Shares

Hi Robert,

You didn't provide enough info.  What user are you attempting to connect as=
?  Does that domain user account have an OpenVMS account - if not, it'll ne=
ed one.  Otherwise, you can only connect as Guest (but that would require s=
ome smb.conf changes). =20

Every user who needs to connect to the CIFS server needs an OpenVMS account=
.  You can either create one yourself, let WINBIND do it "on-the-fly" by ad=
ding the "idmap uid" and "idmap gid" parameters with valid range values in =
smb.conf, or use the "add user script" (smb.conf parameter) functionality.

To further troubleshoot, add "log level =3D 10" to smb.conf, duplicate the =
problem, and then check the client log in samba$root:[var] for errors.  Som=
etimes it's easy to find them by doing:

$ search/page <log-file> nt_status, fail, error

Another thing to try - map the drive from the server itself using smbclient=
.  If that works, but you still get prompted for username/password when map=
ping from a Windows client, then the security policies on the Windows clien=
t may be a factor:


$ smbclient \\<servername\robs --user <domain-user-name>
Password:

If you get to a smb>\ prompt, it worked.  Otherwise, hit your up arrow, and=
 add to the command -d10 to get debug level 10 messages...

HTH,

Paul

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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Cascarino, Mark; Hebron, Martin
Subject: Unable To Connect To SAMBA Shares

I've installed SAMBA 1.1 and configured the same as our test server (which
works fine).=20

When I try to connect to the share, I just keep getting prompted for a
username and password. I've tried various combinations, but no joy.


I'm happy the server is a member of the domain :-

BETA_ROB$$$ net rpc join --user=3Dcoadmin       --server=3Dcodc-1
Password:
         Joined domain UK.
BETA_ROB$$$


All the log file says is :-

[2009/02/24 10:56:39, 1] SAMBA$SRC:[SOURCE.NSSWITCH]IDMAP_TDB.C;1:(397)

  idmap uid range missing or invalid

  idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs

[2009/02/24 10:56:39, 0] SAMBA$SRC:[SOURCE.NSSWITCH]IDMAP.C;1:(749)

  ERROR: Initialization failed for alloc backend, deferred!



Config is :-

[global]
        workgroup =3D UK
        server string =3D Samba %v running on %h (OpenVMS)
        security =3D DOMAIN
        username map =3D /samba$root/lib/username.map
        log file =3D /samba$root/var/log_%h.%m
        load printers =3D No
        os level =3D 65
        preferred master =3D No
        domain master =3D No
        admin users =3D cifsadmin
        create mask =3D 0755

[homes]
        comment =3D Home Directories
        read only =3D No
        create mask =3D 0750
        browseable =3D No
        vms ods5 volume =3D No

[robs]
        comment =3D Test Directory
        path =3D ops$data:[robert]
        read only =3D No
        create mask =3D 0750
        vms ods5 volume =3D No



Any ideas?

Rob.

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