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Try enabling Guest access for SMB (on the Xserve) and see if you get the username/password prompt. I know that’s not an ideal long term solution, but it could help the troubleshooting process.
In my experiences, Kerberos is not passed correctly from 10.5.x clients to the 10.4.x Xserve. This was supremely frustrating, especially around the 1st quarter of this year when you couldn’t buy a new mac that had Tiger still installed on it (ie they all came with Leopard).
Here is how I came up with a workaround.
Log into the account as usual.
Open up the Kerberos app (System/Libary/Core Services)
You should see your Kerberos ticket listed there. Destroy the ticket.
Use the Finder to Connect to Server. Find your SMB share, and it should prompt you for a username and password.
Enter your the correct AD username and password, and check the Save Password in Keychain box.
Log out and back in.
Now, when you connect to the SMB shares, you’ll be authenticated via your saved password in the keychain, thus getting around the kerberos issue with 10.5.x clients and the 10.4.x Xserve.Unfortunately, if you run strictly SMB on your network with your Xserve, upgrading to Leopard Server is not IMO a good solution. We have struggled with SMB on Leopard Server for a couple of months now, and will be switching to a Windows based file serving solution as soon as we can get the hardware in.
