Re: Why does W2K (pro) client do more than it is asked to do?

From: Jeff Cochran (jcochran.nospam_at_naplesgov.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:50:01 GMT

On 25 Feb 2004 06:11:21 -0800, linuxlover992000@yahoo.com (Linux
Lover) wrote:

>Desperate to find out why connecting to a samba share (on an AIX
>server) from W2K is so slow, I tried connecting to the same share from
>a Linux box, using smbclient:
>
>smbclient \\\\aixserver\\sharedir$ -U lynn
>
>The results were amazing. The connection was so MUCH FASTER then
>connecting from a W2K (pro) workstation:
>
>\\aixserver\sharedir$ (in the Start|Run edit box)
>
>
>When I examined the samba log files on the server, I could see why.
>
>The log file for the Linux client contained a single entry:
>
>[2004/02/23 11:55:35, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(636)
> linuxbox (192.168.0.4) connect to service sharedir$ as user lynn
>(uid=21776, gid=1) (pid 125438)
>
>So clean, so elegant, so beautiful! :)
>
>OTOH, the log file for the W2K client contained an entry similar to
>the above, but was immediately followed by about 30 messages of the
>form:
>
>[2004/02/23 11:59:03, 0] smbd/password.c:user_ok(683)
> rejected user nobody:3004-302 Your account has expired; please see
>the system administrator.
>
>Now... my question: Why? What does the W2K client do that triggers
>this barrage of rejected authentications of a user 'nobody' (that is
>clearly not allowed to enter)?
>
>More importantly, is there a way to configure the W2K client to *not*
>waste time on these unrequested/unallowed accesses?

Have you asked in a Samba support area? Have you configured the
security accounts correctly?

Jeff

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