"James Lavery" wrote in message
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> I've setup Samba server 2.2.7a using the "Samba Server Configuration" tool
> in Red Hat 9. It's setup for Domain authentication with Encrypt passwords
> turned on. All works fine if I connect to the server using the IP address
> and share name (\\10.0.10.8\share). Unfortunately, when I use the MS
> browsing system to get to the machine or enter its NETBIOS
> name(\\theserver\share) I get the following error: " \\theserver is not
> accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> permissions. The account is not authorized to log in from this station"
>
> Any ideas?

Sounds like your name resolution isn't working. Do you have subnets ?

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> I've setup Samba server 2.2.7a using the "Samba Server Configuration" tool
> in Red Hat 9. It's setup for Domain authentication with Encrypt passwords
> turned on. All works fine if I connect to the server using the IP address
> and share name (\\10.0.10.8\share). Unfortunately, when I use the MS
> browsing system to get to the machine or enter its NETBIOS
> name(\\theserver\share) I get the following error: " \\theserver is not
> accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> permissions. The account is not authorized to log in from this station"
>
> Any ideas?
>
3 things:

#1 When posting, include your smb.conf file, pertinent log file output
etc. It makes for easier troubleshooting and less guess work.

#2 Can you ping each computer by name?? If not, you have a DNS problem,
not a Samba problem.

#3 "The account is not authorized to log in from this station"
This usaally caused by not having encrypted passwords set as a global
parameter


1 more tidbit, ensure that if you are running Redhat's firewall that you
open ports 137-139. They are needed for the smb protocol...

See my webpage below for more help.

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Nope no subnets..

> I've setup Samba server 2.2.7a using the "Samba Server Configuration" tool
> in Red Hat 9. It's setup for Domain authentication with Encrypt passwords
> turned on. All works fine if I connect to the server using the IP address
> and share name (\\10.0.10.8\share). Unfortunately, when I use the MS
> browsing system to get to the machine or enter its NETBIOS
> name(\\theserver\share) I get the following error: " \\theserver is not
> accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> permissions. The account is not authorized to log in from this station"

I get a similiar error when I try to access the share from a system logged
on to a different domain. I can access the share using the IP address as you
have. So, is the workstation in the same workgroup as the Samba server ? If
so, are you logging onto the domain, or just to the local computer ? If you
can logon with the IP address, I suspect the user accounts are working. Also
if you can, post your smb.conf file here.

"James Lavery" wrote in message
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> Nope no subnets..

Trouble shooting
1. type in command line "service smb status" - check if the samba
service is on
if service is running you should get
example:
smbd (pid 1108) is running...
nmbd (pid 1113) is running...

a. type in command line "service smb start" - turn on the service

2. try to connect again

Firewall issue

1. command line type "smbclient -L -N" from command line not
on your server
2. if you get any errors in the output then it's a firewall issue.
3. you can configure your firewall or turn it off to test samba

turn off firewall:
service iptables stop
service ipchains stop

turn on firewall
service iptables start
service ipchains start

Good luck hope it helps

James Lavery wrote:

>I've setup Samba server 2.2.7a using the "Samba Server Configuration" tool
>in Red Hat 9. It's setup for Domain authentication with Encrypt passwords
>turned on. All works fine if I connect to the server using the IP address
>and share name (\\10.0.10.8\share). Unfortunately, when I use the MS
>browsing system to get to the machine or enter its NETBIOS
>name(\\theserver\share) I get the following error: " \\theserver is not
>accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
>Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
>permissions. The account is not authorized to log in from this station"
>
>Any ideas?
>
>