[D-ma]

ok – I’ve sussed it out!

It was a problem with me rather than the system.

I was logging on with the users Full Name instead of their Short Name.
When connected to the domain environment, the Samba server could do the conversion and allow the login to proceed,
however when offline the local workstation could not resolve the Full Name to username and process the login.

[D-ma]

Thanks for the reply Josh,

my pc clients are all windows xp service pack 2 except one vista client.

[D-ma]

Well Done citibob

You’re dead right – thanks very much.

[D-ma]

As an update I have reinstalled the server and it now seems to behave a lot better now.
Although I have had a machine loose it’s binding and I had to rename it before I could rebind.

Thanks fherbert – Unfortunately this wasn’t the problem.
I have noticed that clear text passwords are disabled by default on the client
and enabled by default on the server.
So I have been making this policy the same since I first installed the server.

[D-ma]

Hi Guys

I have been working hard to try and figure out this problem of mine,
and I’ve have made an interesting discovery.

When configuring LDAPv3 Directory Access on a workstation:

If I add the Directory Administrator’s name and password into the Directory Binding it is accepted but I have the login problem described earlier.

Whereas, If I don’t add the Directory Administrator’s details and simply click ‘Continue’ I can login fine.

Can anyone could shed some more light on why this is occurring?

Thanks.

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