Samba and prompting for password

[Coolmar]

Hi,

I am getting the following error message for only SOME users trying to access shares on my HPUX system. They click on the share from windows and are prompted for a password which is not accepted. Here is what the log file for those users says:

[2005/09/28 09:45:49, 0] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_info3(1122)
make_server_info_info3: pdb_init_sam failed!

I can't imagine it would be the smb.conf as I mentioned earlier that it is only certain users and not others.

Thanks,
Sally

[Rick Garland]

Not into SAMBA but 1st thought I have is the smb passwd. Has this been configuraed for those users having trouble?

[Coolmar]

smb passwd has not been configured for anybody because we are using "Domain" security. I have never had to use it in the past.

[Stephen Keane]

Do the users that can use Samba shares have local accounts on your HP system, and those that don't not have accounts?

[Coolmar]

Yes, the users who can't access the shares don't have accounts and the users who can access have shares. However, I just copied the smb.conf to another server (just changed the server name) and everyone could access the shares...even those without accounts.

[Coolmar]

Sorry...the user with all the problems DOES have an account on the server with the shares he cannot access.

[Coolmar]

Here is my smb.conf file too just in case:

[global]
workgroup = wkgrp
netbios name = SERVERA
server string = SERVERA share
security = DOMAIN
map to guest = Bad User
password server = PWSERVER
syslog = 0
log file = /var/opt/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
wins server = WINSSERVER
idmap uid = 10000-20000
idmap gid = 10000-20000
short preserve case = No
dos filetime resolution = Yes

[LYRS]
comment = Lyrs
path = /lyrs
read only = Yes

[NAIS]
comment = Nais
path = /nais

[Coolmar]

I wonder if there is a limit or something to that effect regarding how many samba users can connect at one time?

[Coolmar]

Just found the following error in my winbind.log file:

[2005/09/28 11:03:15, 0] sam/idmap_tdb.c:db_allocate_id(105)
idmap Fatal Error: UID range full!! (max: 20000)

As you can see above, my max on UID is 20000. So can I just increase that value, or get rid of it all together?

Thanks,
Sally

[Coolmar]

I increased the idmap to 200000 and restarted Samba and so far so good.