trouble login in to server

[drist]

Hello all, I have just installed a Redhat 8.0 version of linux, and I'm trying to get samba2.2.8 to run as a server on this machine. I have done all the diagnosis (in the html book that came with this distribution of samba) up to the part where I run a command like

# smbclient //server/tmp -Ufred

(section 9.2.5.3)

I get prompted with a password, and no matter what I type in, ie. the correct password or an incorrect one for fred I get the error message

# session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE

Now, I'm running this as root, in the same terminal where I started smbd and nmbd. the user fred is a registered user on this machine, which I then used

# smbpasswd -a fred

to set the password for samba. the section for tmp in the smb.conf file is as follows without the quoted comments:

[tmp]
path = home/tmp "correct dirctory path"
public = yes "guests can access it"

The thing is I can get in with an anonymous account:

# smbclient //server/tmp

and just press enter for the password, and I can get in. But if I type in the root password suggested by the book I get the same error. So I'm thinking it's the password that's the problem? or am I missing something critical here.

testparm shows that my smb.conf file is correct, and the log files show that both smbd and nmbd are running, so what am I missing?

 

[bluegroper]

I'm not able to solve your problem, but did you RTFM ?

http://au1.samba.org/samba/ftp/docs/Samba24Hc13.pdf

 

[LeeMason]

I would like to see you complete smb.conf file if possible because without seeing the who thing it is difficult to diagnose. I assume that you have don't mksmbpasswd.sh?

Lee.

 

[LeeMason]

I would like to see you complete smb.conf file if possible because without seeing the who thing it is difficult to diagnose. I assume that you have don't mksmbpasswd.sh?

Lee.