VMS-CIFS

[arun sanghvi]

We have installed the latest version of CIFS but are unable to mount VMS file system.

The error message is shown below. Config file is attached.

Why CIFS is asking for a password? Also, it did not accept the valid VMS password.

Your suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks.
Arun Sanghvi
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Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

L:\>net use n: \\gnfb.wilm.ge.com\sysmgr
The password or user name is invalid for \\gnfb.wilm.ge.com\sysmgr.

Type the password for \\gnfb.wilm.ge.com\sysmgr:
System error 86 has occurred.

The specified network password is not correct.


L:\>********************

[John Gillings]

Arun,

What username do you want the connection to use? I think the default is your WINDOWS username, maybe translated through your username map.

>Also, it did not accept the valid VMS password.

Of course not. You've told it to authenticate in the GENE domain using 3.43.40.193 as a password server.

Try turning on login failure auditing to see if it reports what username is being sent to OpenVMS. There may also be some clues in the CIFS access logs.

[arun sanghvi]

Thanks for your prompt response. My NT account is NE22369. As shown below, it is mapped to vms account SYSMGR.
GNFB::sysmgr> type proxy.
SYSMGR = NE22369
NAP = NE32807
FTB = NE29453
jsu = NE29977
BOWIE = NE32358

I have also attached the partial listing from the log file created with debug level 10.

If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks.

[John Gillings]

Arun,

From your log file:

[2007/10/29 15:58:45, 4] SAMBA$SRC:[SOURCE.SMBD]MAP_USERNAME.C;1:(111)

Scanning username map /samba_root/lib/username.map

[2007/10/29 15:58:45, 5] SAMBA$SRC:[SOURCE.AUTH]AUTH_UTIL.C;1:(160)

make_user_info_map: Mapping user [GENE]\[NE22369] from workstation [T00442044]

LSTAT FAILED: no such file or directory

This looks like the mapping is failing.


I'm puzzled. Your conf file says:

username map = /samba_root/lib/username.map

but your display says:

GNFB::sysmgr> type proxy.

Does the file exist in the correct location and with the correct security?

Never having used a username map, I'm not sure of the exact syntax, but I would have expected it to be the other way around:

so:

NE22369 = SYSMGR

rather than:

SYSMGR = NE22369

This would seem more logical and easier to search (but then that's not always a valid assumption...)

Are any users connecting successfully?

What is the EXACT time (down to the second)that the connection from NE22369 is failing?

Something to try... what if you create a user NE22369 on the VMS system?