I ran a test a couple of weeks ago using Samba 1.9.16 and Samba 2.0.7
It didn't matter the version of Samba it was a matter of which version of
windows you are on.

Win2k didn't have the limitation you had and could connect to 8 character
username.8 char account that had the max length passwords for user,acct.

With NT4 I was limited to 14 total characters for user,acct

A neat trick Lars showed me was to connect to your share using smbclient on
the server.

smbclient '\\your3K\longuser.longacct' userpass,acctpass -c dir

If you are able to connect using smbclient but not through windows then
its a windows issue.

Guy



-----Original Message-----
From: John Penney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:10
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.7 et al


Bingo, Lars!

It now works if I use "MGR.TECSUP", etc....

I can't believe this! Is this a M/S thingy, eh?

It seemed to work OK on earlier Samba on < 7.0 P1 MPE/iX!

I thank you kind sir and the List!

Kindest regards

John M Penney
Systems Programmer
Production Services
Information Services Department
Pierce County
Tacoma, WA
253-798-6215
253-798-6680 Fax
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>>> Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]> 01/30/02 10:52AM >>>
> [jpenney.tecsup]

This might be a problem because the share name is 14 chars.
Depending on the Windows version, share names and/or passwords
are clipped to 12 or 13 chars, I believe. (Don't ask me for
exact details, the Windowses are beyond my comprehension ;-)

Try a shorter share name to verify.

Lars.

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