Win2000 and Samba

[CB99]

Here we go again...
Two computers on a home network.
1) Was running NT 4.0, sp 5, upgraded to Win2000 RC3. (Yes, it really is an upgrade.)
2) Samba 2.0.5a on Mandrake 6.1.

I thought it was a password encryption thing. Turned on encrypted passwords on Samba. Used mksmbpasswd.sh to generate a smbpasswd file.
Cool. My Linux box shows up in the Win2000 Explorer. But when I click on the icon, I get, "Path not found". (Same thing when I try to "net use z: <Linux box\sharename>".)
I can ping from one computer to another.

1) smbpasswd doesn't work: "machine <linuxbox> rejected the session setup. Error was : code 131. Failed to change password entry for Charles"
I get this error trying to change my samba password as user Charles, or as root.
2) All of a sudden, I can't see the Linux box again from the Win2000 box...

Any insights into hooking up Win2000 to a Samba server?
TIA

[nevarmusic]

hey, it looks like its been a while since you posted your problem about samba and win2k.. i have the same problem you had there.. did u find a way around it in the end?? if so could you point me in some direction??

thanks
matt :D

[CB99]

I did figure out, but I don't remember how...
When I get a new video card for my Linux box I'll try to figure out what I did and get back to you.

Are you getting no connection, either direction? Can you ping back and forth? Do you have a personal firewall on one or both cmputers?

[nevarmusic]

yeah i can ping accross. and the linux box can ftp to an ftp server on a windows box and reads the computer name.. so it must be working to a certain extent..
but when i look up the network on the win2k machine it takes ages to find anything and gives errors. then you can see the linux box but when u try accessing it it just says network path was not found.

crappy huh. :mad:

[Jason Deraleau]

OK, my first suggestion would be to have Samba use clear text and edit your Win2k registry to EnablePlainTextPassword. I think it's under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanWorkStation\Parameters . If you don't have it there, add a new DWORD and make it's value 1, or change the existing one's value to 1. Reboot the windows machine. This makes life much easier :). Also, I believe the answer to your problem may be found here (http://www.linux.com/howto/SMB-HOWTO-7.html)

JD

[nevar]

no luck there. still doesnt want to work.
but it will soon enuf.! :mad:

[monsterjimmy]

I have seen a fix for this and are trying to find myself i lost the url. Any its has a lot to do with the kerbdos? encryption that microsoft modified from the standard version, there is a download patch for samba when i find the url i'll post it.
I hope this helps somewhat.