Subj : Re: Authentication problem of Samba 3.0721 under NT4 Server
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Randy McLaughlin
Date : Thu Dec 23 2004 12:48 pm

"Tanja" <tanja-hr@REMOVE_Togli_rocketmail.com> wrote in message 
news:RcAyd.55293$C94.16944@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> Hi, in my pc running Fedora Core 1 e kernel 2.4....2199 e
> Samba 3.0721 . Samba is not authenticating my winNt4 domain user, altought 
> wbinfo recognize them.
> My log is:
> [2004/12/23 01:55:08, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1122)
>  make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed!
>
> What's the matter ?
> Thanks a lot,
> Tanja
>
>
> My smb.conf is:
>
> [global]
> log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log
> guest account = nobody
> load printers = yes
> smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> winbind trusted domains only = yes
> encrypt passwords = yes
> hosts allow = 192.168.101.
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> netbios name = Fileserver1
> cups options = raw
> server string = File Server Ufficio
> password server = *
> default = global
> unix password sync = Yes
> workgroup = EURO
> os level = 10
> security = domain
> max log size = 50
> log level = 1
<snip>

You might try:

password level  = 16
username level = 16


This will ignore case for up to the first 16 characters of the password and 
usernames.  You can verify that is the problem in the log file.


Randy

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