MS Windows to Samba 3.0.7 share

[Eric Herr]

Upgraded CIFS Server to A.02.01.02 and am having a strange problem connecting from Windows desktops and workstations. When using the "net use" command on Windows with the /user switch I am now required to enter a servername before the username.

For example, prior to the upgrade I could run "net use \\server\share password /user:username" and it would connect to the share. Now I must run "net use \\server\share password /user:server\username.

I am using the same smb.conf I used before the upgrade. Don't know if this is related to the LDAP requirement or not. Just trying to make sense before I upgrade my production servers.

[Mike Duffy_1]

Eric,

I think I had this after the upgrade I did.

I seem to remeber that the samba server had to be added as a guest computer to the windows domain controller.

If this is not the case let me know and I will did out the notes I had when I upgraded.

[Eric Herr]

Thanks for the reply. I really would like to avoid any integration with our domain controllers.

[Steven E. Protter]

It would be helpful to see your smb.conf file. There also might be helpful messages in the log file defined in the smb.conf file. Perhaps take a look and post up some info here.

When you say LDAP requirement, is that internal to your company? Because you don't need LDAP to use Samba but it can be a helpful integration tool for authentication.

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