Hey again, everyone. I'm back with another stupid question...
My Linux server is running Ubuntu 10.04LTS and I do most of my configuration
with webmin. I currently have a publicly shared folder on the machine for me
to send files back and forth set up as guest only, browseable, writable,
available, etc. It works great, just as it should. Doesn't ask for a
password and anyone can browse to it on my network.
I have also set up a private shared folder for me to store things I want to
keep backed up that I don't want in the public share. This folder is setup
to only allow me to log in after providing my username and password. This
worked flawlessly initially, but has suddenly stopped. It asks for the
username and password, but doesn't accept them. (Keeps throwing back
'incorrect password'.) I have made no changes to samba (or the system as a
whole, really), so there's no reason for it to suddenly not accept my login.
Now, I _CAN_ reset the password (using smbpasswd) and it will start working,
but after a few days, it stops again! (Again, no changes to the system. Not
even a reboot.)
Here's the share portion of my smb.conf:
[shared]
guest account = user
wide links = no
writeable = yes
path = /shared/public
write list = user,@group
force group = user
force user = user
public = yes
guest only = yes
[private]
revalidate = yes
browseable = no
writeable = yes
valid users = user
write list = user,@group
path = /shared/private
I haven't modified this file directly. Like I said, I do all my
configurations through webmin. I can post the entire smb.conf, if needed...
Can anyone tell me what's going on? Why it will accept my credentials for a
few days then decide it doesn't like them?
