Every resource I access with samba requires a password multiple times. For example if I copy a folder to my Ferdora box that has 13 files in it, I get prompted for my password 13 times. Very annoying.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!
nick marsh
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:27:35AM -0500, Nicholas Marsh wrote:
Every resource I access with samba requires a password multiple times. For example if I copy a folder to my Ferdora box that has 13 files in it, I get prompted for my password 13 times. Very annoying.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
If you're using unencrypted passwords, that's a known problem with Windows--it doesn't cache the password, so it needs to re-ask every time it needs it. The only workaround is to enable one-or-more of the encrypted password types.
If you aren't using plaintext passwords, you'll need to provide more information for me to have a chance of reproducing the problem. Open a bug report at bugzilla.redhat.com and attach a copy of your /etc/samba/smb.conf file and a description of your network topology (workgroup, domain, etc) and a description of your client machine (OS, Service Pack, etc).
-- JF
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 09:14, Jay Fenlason wrote:
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:27:35AM -0500, Nicholas Marsh wrote:
Every resource I access with samba requires a password multiple times. For example if I copy a folder to my Ferdora box that has 13 files in it, I get prompted for my password 13 times. Very annoying.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
If you're using unencrypted passwords, that's a known problem with Windows--it doesn't cache the password, so it needs to re-ask every time it needs it. The only workaround is to enable one-or-more of the encrypted password types.
I've noticed the same behavior - could it be gnome-vfs is sending unencrypted passwords? In my case, I'm trying to connect to a Windows XP share running in a VMware session on the same machine. Is there a way to make Nautilus (I'm assuming via gnome-vfs) send encrypted passwords if it isn't?
Also, in my case, I am simply unable to connect from that Windows XP VM to the samba shares I have set up on my Samba enabled system (the host OS). I tried uninstalling samba, but can't due to dependency issues with kde-base. I wanted to see if the final samba 3.0 from samba.org would work. Yes I do know that the Red Hat RPM from samba.org is different - I was going to uninstall samba, samba-common, samba-client and samba-swat (which also doesn't work, BTW), but didn't bother trying because of the dependency issues.
I will be glad to bugzilla this if it's not there already.
Cheers,
Chris
-- ==================================== "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' someone else's dog around." --Cowboy Wisdom
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 22:27, Christopher A. Williams wrote: [snip]
OS). I tried uninstalling samba, but can't due to dependency issues with kde-base. I wanted to see if the final samba 3.0 from samba.org would work. Yes I do know that the Red Hat RPM from samba.org is different - I was going to uninstall samba, samba-common, samba-client and samba-swat (which also doesn't work, BTW), but didn't bother trying because of the dependency issues.
[snip] Simply rpm -e --nodeps the samba packages. I'm sure kde would still work in their absence; just remember not to try and browse Windows networks before you install the replacement RPMs!
Regards,
Michel
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