I set up samba a few months ago and it has been running fairly well. I added a new ms$ box to the network last week and it will not auth against the smb server. I tried changing its name and number to match that of an authing box, still no good. I can however login as the guest (nobodody) account.
So, I had to do a re-install of a (different) box today, and the same scenario, it will not auth. Btw, the Samba server dies about every 3 days. Almost on the hour it seems like. This box is also a web server. The smb shares are first shared over nfs -> Samba -> client. I have yet to find anything in the log files to tell me why it kills itself so often. I am thinking to hook up a null-modem cable and syslog via RS-232 to another box to troubleshoot. I can only wonder if the two things are related. Is ms$ killing my Linux box? And why can't a fresh install auth to the Samba server? I have many more questions on many more Linux subjects, but first things first.
Thanks for any ideas/suggestions.
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