I know this is an old story, a problem with many different solutions on line. I've tried 'em all and none have worked for me yet. I'm hoping someone can give another suggestion.
I have an old Red Hat Linux box that I use, amongst other things, to run Samba. Vista and Win XP PCs can access the p/w-protected Samba shares but a new Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC cannot. All are on a workgroup-only LAN.
I can see the Linux box's icon and shared directories in 'Network' from the Win 7 machine but when I try to access the Samba shares it says "\\LX\roy is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource." etc. But the XP and Vista boxes still have full access.
These are the steps I've taken, based on suggestions found in threads here and elsewhere on the Web:
1. Start > RUN > control userpasswords2 > Advanced > Manage Passwords to ensure that \\LX\roy password is set correctly and is the same as for XP and Vista PCs. If I remove the password here, I cannot see the shared directories on the Samba box - it asks for credentials. I give it the name and password, then it lets me see the shared directories. But when I double-click on one of those, I get the 'not accessible...' message. The same name and password give me full access when typed from an XP or Vista box.
2. With gpedit.msc > Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB server: Switched to "Enabled".
2b. and then set Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: Set to Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated. Also tried "Send LM & NTLM responses". This seems to be the solution that works for the most people with this problem.
2c. and then set Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts: Classic – local users authenticate as themselves.
3. I checked the registry key KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa and found that LmCompatibilityLevel was already set to 1 (perhaps by action 2).
Based on another suggestion, I changed it to 2. No difference.
4. I tried making my Win 7 password the same as my Samba p/w (the user name was already the same). Same result.
5. I have set up Windows XP Mode in a Windows Virtual PC, because I read that giving the share a drive letter in Windows XP Mode makes that drive letter available in Win 7 as well. But I can't try this because of another problem: In Windows XP Mode I cannot see the Linux Box, so obviously I cannot share it in Win XP. If I let XP Mode obtain an IP address automatically, it uses a different subnet (192.168.131 instead of 192.168.0 that I use), and if I assign an IP address manually on my subnet and assign the connection to the same workgroup, it still does not see the Linux box or anything else in the workgroup. It only sees itself.
6. UAC is turned off.
7. I've run Wireshark, but it tells me nothing as I don't know what I'm doing with that. I see [Malformed packet] messages, so I guess the packet is encrypted but Samba doesn't expect it to be.
The Linux box does part of what I need for ecommerce - the in-house part, it's not accessible to the Internet. As my Linux Fu is weak, I have to avoid changes to the Linux box, so I'm hoping someone can tell me what to do to Win 7 to make it behave like XP and Vista when accessing this share.
Any ideas after all the above have been exhausted?
Thanks!
I have an old Red Hat Linux box that I use, amongst other things, to run Samba. Vista and Win XP PCs can access the p/w-protected Samba shares but a new Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC cannot. All are on a workgroup-only LAN.
I can see the Linux box's icon and shared directories in 'Network' from the Win 7 machine but when I try to access the Samba shares it says "\\LX\roy is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource." etc. But the XP and Vista boxes still have full access.
These are the steps I've taken, based on suggestions found in threads here and elsewhere on the Web:
1. Start > RUN > control userpasswords2 > Advanced > Manage Passwords to ensure that \\LX\roy password is set correctly and is the same as for XP and Vista PCs. If I remove the password here, I cannot see the shared directories on the Samba box - it asks for credentials. I give it the name and password, then it lets me see the shared directories. But when I double-click on one of those, I get the 'not accessible...' message. The same name and password give me full access when typed from an XP or Vista box.
2. With gpedit.msc > Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > Microsoft network client: Send unencrypted password to third-party SMB server: Switched to "Enabled".
2b. and then set Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: Set to Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated. Also tried "Send LM & NTLM responses". This seems to be the solution that works for the most people with this problem.
2c. and then set Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts: Classic – local users authenticate as themselves.
3. I checked the registry key KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa and found that LmCompatibilityLevel was already set to 1 (perhaps by action 2).
Based on another suggestion, I changed it to 2. No difference.
4. I tried making my Win 7 password the same as my Samba p/w (the user name was already the same). Same result.
5. I have set up Windows XP Mode in a Windows Virtual PC, because I read that giving the share a drive letter in Windows XP Mode makes that drive letter available in Win 7 as well. But I can't try this because of another problem: In Windows XP Mode I cannot see the Linux Box, so obviously I cannot share it in Win XP. If I let XP Mode obtain an IP address automatically, it uses a different subnet (192.168.131 instead of 192.168.0 that I use), and if I assign an IP address manually on my subnet and assign the connection to the same workgroup, it still does not see the Linux box or anything else in the workgroup. It only sees itself.
6. UAC is turned off.
7. I've run Wireshark, but it tells me nothing as I don't know what I'm doing with that. I see [Malformed packet] messages, so I guess the packet is encrypted but Samba doesn't expect it to be.
The Linux box does part of what I need for ecommerce - the in-house part, it's not accessible to the Internet. As my Linux Fu is weak, I have to avoid changes to the Linux box, so I'm hoping someone can tell me what to do to Win 7 to make it behave like XP and Vista when accessing this share.
Any ideas after all the above have been exhausted?
Thanks!
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