Do you have the "unix password sync" set to yes in smb.conf If yes, maybe you're in trouble with the password chat. I had the problem on my debian systems were using the default "passwd chat" value did not work because it expects *changed* and my system returned updated.
> I'm still struggling with this if anyone can help. > > I'm back tracking through the HOWTO and realised that I hadn't created > a machine trust account. > > So I've done: > # groupadd machines > # /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -d /var/lib/nobody -c "Test Server" -s > /bin/false server1 > # passwd -l server1 > Locking password for user server1. > # smbpasswd -a -m server1 > Failed to modify password entry for user server1$ > > Please can anyone tell me why this last step fails? > >> >> From: Leon Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2008/06/17 Tue AM 11:13:14 GMT >> To: <samba@lists.samba.org> >> Subject: [Samba] Accessing member server prompts for credentials >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to join a server as an AD member but it isn't working. >> >> I do: >> >> kinit [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> which prompts for the password and displays nothing else. Then I do: >> >> net ads join -U Administrator%XXXXX >> >> which returns: >> >> Using short domain name -- DOMAIN1 >> Joined 'SERVER1' to realm 'DOMAIN1.CO.UK' >> >> So all looks OK, but when I try to browse the shares on \\server1 >> from another domain member I'm prompted for a username and password. Any >> valid domain credentials are rejected. >> >> The log file for the IP address for the computer I'm trying to connect >> from says: >> >> [2008/06/17 11:54:54, 1] smbd/sesssetup.c:reply_spnego_kerberos(316) >> Failed to verify incoming ticket with error NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE! >> >> log.smbd says: >> [2008/06/17 11:55:47, 0] >> auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792) >> create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators >> [2008/06/17 11:55:47, 0] auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_users(758) >> create_builtin_users: Failed to create Users >> >> smb.conf says: >> [global] >> workgroup = DOMAIN1 >> realm = DOMAIN1.CO.UK >> security = ADS >> >> Samba 3.0.30 on Fedora 8. >> >> Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong? >> > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > Message scanned by ClamAV engine (http://www.clamav.net) > -------------------------------------------------------- > -- François Legal Message scanned by ClamAV engine (http://www.clamav.net) -------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba