<rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > > having finally made the switch from an old server running lenny to a > new one (running at the same IP address), most functions seem to be > working, but samba shares are failing -- people who used to be able to > access shares from their windows systems now can't, and the log file > reports that: > > check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user [fred] -> [fred] > FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER > > i've reproduced all of the standard user/group files so normal > logins work just fine. i've also copied all of the samba config files > that seemed relevant. can someone give me a hint as to the file(s) i > should have reproduced from the old system on the new one? or must i > run "smbpasswd" for each account on the new system, or something like > that? naturally, i'd like the users to not have to reconfigure > anything on their ends.
If you have passdb backend = tdbsam in smb.conf, you will need to copy over /var/lib/samba/passdb.tdb in order to transfer the smbpasswd database. (If you have machine accounts, you will also need secrets.tdb) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
