login issue

[navin]

Hi,
I have a unix account ,i'm trying to connect ufs shared drive(using samba) from my NT machine ,i'm getting error as "could not log you in.account may be locked".Any clues?
Thanks

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Try enabling account on Unix box by

/usr/lbin/modoprpw -k loginname

-USA..

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

I'm not sure if I understand which way round you are sharing the drive. If you're sharing out from the HP box, and mapping on the NT box then you'll need to ensure the unix account exists and is unlocked. Does this problem only occur for one user, or can you authenticate for another user.

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regards,

Darren

[Geoff Wild]

Can you also post your smb.conf file as well as the samba log file on the HP-UX box (/var/opt/samba/ntmachine.log) where ntmachine is the name of the Windows box you are connecting from....

Rgds...Geoff

[Tom Danzig]

In addition to insuring that the UNIX account exists, you need to also create a Samba password which is what Samba uses for authentication (and what the user types in the password field when connecting). You can also use Windows based domain authentication which is more complex.

Do a "man smbpasswd"

[Ross Zubritski]

Also.

Make sure in the smb.conf file that encrypt passwords = yes

Regards,

RZ