[ale] Samba configuration

[andy]

"Brubakken, Eric" wrote:

> I am having problems connecting to my server using Samba.  Every time I try
> to connect through Network Neighborhood I get an invalid password error.
> Listed below are some of the things I have done to try to correct this
> problem.  If anyone has some ideas on this I would really appreicate it.
>
> *       I created the smbpasswd file with:    cat /etc/passwd |
> makesmbpasswd.sh > /etc/smbpasswd
>
> *       Here is a sample of the file
>
> oracle:502:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> :Oracle Administrator:/home/oracle:/bin/bash
>
> *       Dumb question here -Do I need to put my unencrypted password in the
> smbpasswd file?  If so which set of Xs do I replace
>
> *       I modified the smb.conf as follows
>
>                in the [global] area
>                     security = user
>                     encrypt passwords = yes
>                     smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>
>
> *       I have run testparm smb.conf and did not get any errors
>
> *       I have also set up LMHOSTS file in my C:\Windows directory which
> points to a central CLMHOSTS file on the server
>
>                     LMHOSTS on the Win98 machine
>                     # client LMHOSTS file
>                     10.0.2.15    dbserver    #PRE
>                     #INCLUDE    \\DBSERVER\etc\CLMHOSTS
> <file://DBSERVER/etc/CLMHOSTS>
>
>                     CLMHOSTS file on the server
>                     10.0.2.20    desktop_1
>                     10.0.2.50    desktop_2
>
> *       Do I need to have entries in the DNS/WINS for my Win98 machine?
>
> *       What about NIS - could this be a problem?
>
> *       I can ping boxes left an right - everything seems ok on that end.  I
> am able to talk to Oracle from my Win98 boxes, using SQLPlus or through
> PowerBuilder.  I can connect through telnet just fine.
>
> *       When I run the following
>
>                            smbclient -L dbserver -U oracle -N
>
>                                 I get this as an error - 'Bad password -
> name/password pair in Tree Connect....'
>
> At this point I am at a complete loss and have run out of ideas.  This isn't
> rocket science, but I'm sure making it look that way.
>
> Thanks for all your time.....
>
> Eric

I think you missed one step here.
try doing this:-

smbpasswd -e oracle

Andy
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