windows domain and samba password

19 Sep 2006 10:39 PM

Chris <>

I have a samba server that a user is trying to access. It is running
Samba 2.2. The user has two computers. I did not set these computers
up, but one is a desktop that is NOT on the domain. The other is a
laptop that IS on the domain and I believe authenticates with it. The
computer NOT on the domain (desktop) is able to connect to the samba
server just fine. However, trying to connect to the server using the
same account on the laptop (on windows domain) results in an invalid
user/password message on both the client and on the samba server.

Does the computer being on the windows domain affect its ability to
connect to file servers that are not on the domain?

Thanks,

Chris

20 Sep 2006 12:33 AM

Chuck

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:39:38 -0700, Chris <> wrote:

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>I have a samba server that a user is trying to access. It is running
>Samba 2.2. The user has two computers. I did not set these computers
>up, but one is a desktop that is NOT on the domain. The other is a
>laptop that IS on the domain and I believe authenticates with it. The
>computer NOT on the domain (desktop) is able to connect to the samba
>server just fine. However, trying to connect to the server using the
>same account on the laptop (on windows domain) results in an invalid
>user/password message on both the client and on the samba server.
>
>Does the computer being on the windows domain affect its ability to
>connect to file servers that are not on the domain?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris

Chris,

In general, a computer joined to a domain has access to resources in the domain.
That doesn't prevent its accessing resources outside the domain.

And in general, a computer running Samba should work OK with Windows Networking.
Other folks here have had success using Samba anyway. Is the Samba server
joined to the domain? If so, how does the desktop computer authenticate with
it? If not, how does the laptop authenticate with it?

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