Samba Authentication problem -- one machine only!!!

Tim Holmes tholmes at mcaschool.net
Thu Jul 21 20:58:21 UTC 2005


> Tim Holmes wrote:
> >>This problem typically has to do with either reverse DNS not working
> >>properly OR winbind isn't happy.  Verify that both forward and
reverse
> >>DNS lookups work properly from all machines when referencing the
file
> >>server.
> >>
> >>If that doesn't fix it, try this on the file server:
> >>
> >>	1. Stop winbind
> >>	2. Delete the /etc/samba/secrets.tdb file
> >>	3. Join the file server machine to the domain again
> >>	4. Restart winbind.
> >>
> >>See if that has any affect.
> >>
> >
> > [Tim Holmes]
> > Rick:
> >
> > Heres the results of the NSLOOKUP commands
> >
> > login as: root
> > root at srvfs-01's password:
> > Last login: Thu Jul 21 13:33:47 2005 from tim-base.mcaschool.net
> > [root at srvfs-01 ~]# nslookup srvdc01
> > Server:         192.168.0.2
> > Address:        192.168.0.2#53
> >
> > Name:   srvdc01.mcaschool.net
> > Address: 192.168.0.2
> >
> > [root at srvfs-01 ~]# nslookup 192.168.0.2
> > Server:         192.168.0.2
> > Address:        192.168.0.2#53
> >
> > 2.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa        name = srvdc01.mcaschool.net.
> >
> > [root at srvfs-01 ~]#
> >
> > Deleteing the secrets.tdb file and rejoining had no effect -- same
> > problem -- when I try to access it from windows, it demands
> > authentication, and wont accept proper credentials
> 
> Ok, next step, make sure the date on the file server and the domain
> controller are the same.  If they're off by as little as 3 minutes,
> it won't authenticate.  If possible, sync ALL of your machines from
> an NTP server somewhere.  It doesn't matter if the dates are right,
> just that they all match.
[Tim Holmes] 
The times are within 30 seconds of each other

TIM






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