On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 01:07:02PM -0400, Paul S wrote: > OS: SLES 9 > Samba Version: 3.0.20b-3.4-SUSE > Server is running in test mode, as a PDC > > I find this message in my log files quite frequently, the majority coming > from one particluar machine (XP SP2): > > [2006/05/19 10:35:06, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_pipe_bind_req(981) > Attempt to bind using schannel without successful serverauth2 > [2006/05/19 10:40:16, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_pipe_bind_req(981) > Attempt to bind using schannel without successful serverauth2 > > The server seems to function properly so far, thus I am wondering if I can > safely ignore this message. > > Workstations are able to join the domain and log in. File sharing seems to > work well. The speed and responsiveness of network browsing is quite > impressive. I have no complaints about functionality. > > While researching this message, I found a post on the lists archives (Sun > Sep 11 18:53:19 GMT 2005, posted by Jeremy Allison) that seems to indicate > that this message is part of normal operation. > > >I'm starting to think the correct fix is just to raise the debug > >level of the message in smbd so that people don't get worried by > >it - it seems to be part of normal operation .... > > If anyone can confirm that this is part of normal operation, or shed some > light on what this means, I would appreciate it. We have been using Samba > 2.2.8a for a few years now, and entries to the log files are very > infrequent. Perhaps the newer versions are just more chatty to the log > files. > > If there is something wrong, I would like to deal with it before I go live > with the server.
Actually it was a misunderstanding by us of the horror that is schannel auth :-). This should be fixed in 3.0.23 (I think it was fixed in 3.0.22 also) but the message in itself is usually harmless - the client retries. But you shouldn't see it with a later release. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba