Hi Karl, Am able to access the folders on the problem server through windows explorer, (\\server3\Folder1). I tried couple of things with the credentials form, changing username, domain etc.. but I keep getting the same error "Couldn't connect to server: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password"
Can you tell me more about the -D switch you were talking of ? Thanks and Regards, Swapna. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Glad you chased it down this far. > > First thing to try is whether you can get into the problem server > using Windows Explorer. Obviously ManifoldCF is not going to be able > to do it if Windows can't. If you *can* get in, then just playing > with the form of the credentials in the MCF connection might do the > trick. Some Windows or net appliance servers are picky about this. > Try various things like leaving the domain blank and specifying the > user as "a...@domain.com", for instance. There's also a different NTLM > mode you can operation jcifs in that some servers may be configured to > require; this would need you to set a -D switch on the command line to > enable. > > Karl > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Swapna Vuppala > <swapna.kollip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Karl, > > > > Thanks for the input. It looks like my problem is related to the second > one > > that you specified. One of the directories in the path am trying to > index is > > actually redirecting to a different server. And when I specify this new > > server in defining the repository connection, with my credentials, the > > connection fails with the message: "Couldn't connect to server: Logon > > failure: unknown user name or bad password" > > > > I'll look into why am not able to connect to this server. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Swapna. > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> There's two kinds of problem you might be having. The first is > >> intermittent, and the second is not intermittent but would have > >> something to do with specific directories. > >> > >> Intermittent problems might include a domain controller that is not > >> always accessible. In such cases, the crawl will proceed but will > >> tend to fail unpredictably. On the other hand, if you have a > >> directory that is handled by a DFS redirection, it is possible that > >> the redirection is indicating a new server (lets call it server3) > >> which may not like the precise form of your login credentials. Can > >> you determine which scenario you are seeing? > >> > >> Karl > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Swapna Vuppala > >> <swapna.kollip...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have been using windows share repository connection to crawl and get > >> > data > >> > from a particular server (server 1). Its working perfectly fine. > >> > However, am > >> > having trouble when I try with data from another server (server 2). > >> > > >> > When I define a repository connection of type windows share and > specify > >> > the > >> > server name (server 2) with my credentials, the connection status > shows > >> > "Connection working". But when I run a job to use this repository > >> > connection > >> > and index data from a location on this server 2, I keep getting the > >> > exception below: > >> > > >> > JCIFS: Possibly transient exception detected on attempt 3 while > checking > >> > if > >> > file exists: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. > >> > jcifs.smb.SmbAuthException: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad > >> > password. > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.checkStatus(SmbTransport.java:544) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbTransport.send(SmbTransport.java:661) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.sessionSetup(SmbSession.java:390) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbSession.send(SmbSession.java:218) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbTree.treeConnect(SmbTree.java:176) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.doConnect(SmbFile.java:911) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect(SmbFile.java:954) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect0(SmbFile.java:880) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.queryPath(SmbFile.java:1335) > >> > at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.exists(SmbFile.java:1417) > >> > at > >> > > >> > > org.apache.manifoldcf.crawler.connectors.sharedrive.SharedDriveConnector.fileExists(SharedDriveConnector.java:2064) > >> > at > >> > > >> > > org.apache.manifoldcf.crawler.connectors.sharedrive.SharedDriveConnector.getDocumentVersions(SharedDriveConnector.java:521) > >> > at > >> > > >> > > org.apache.manifoldcf.crawler.system.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:318) > >> > > >> > Am able to access this location from windows explorer. What else > should > >> > I be > >> > checking or what could be the reasons/factors causing this to fail ? > >> > > >> > Thanks and Regards, > >> > Swapna. > >> > > > > > >