Re: [BLUG] Certain XP machines won't connect to Samba share

Have the two problem XP machines ever been part of the IU ADS domain?

I recall there is a registry key that gets pushed when you join IU's
network that turns off old versions of NTLM authentication. This
could cause authentication problems with samba.

This is just a shot from memory so I'm not certain if it is relevant.

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Andrew Poland <ajpoland@iupui.edu>
UITS Storage and Virtualization
Indiana University
(317) 274-0746

On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Black, Steven Wayne wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:56:02PM -0400, Simón Ruiz wrote:
>> P.S. The XP machines that do work, even if they log in automatically,
>> MUST have a username; do you know what that username is?
>
> Here's something you should check:
>
> Microsoft changed the default workgroup from "WORKGROUP" (which
> actually
> has a special meaning) to "MSHOME". Since it is the "Pro" editions
> that
> are not seeing the share, I would check that they are configured to
> use
> the same Workgroup that the other machines are configured to use.
>
> I noticed there didn't seem to be a "Workgroup" setting in the
> samba.conf file, so Samba would appear to be using the default.
> (Though
> I wasn't specifically looking to see if it was using a Windows Domain
> Server, as I've no experience there. If you're using one, then you
> don't
> have a workgroup anymore.)
>
> Ideally, unless you're using a domain server, you want to have a
> specific known name for your Workgroup. Don't just use the default, as
> the default can be different depending on the OS.
>
> Cheers,
>
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