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SMB error: could not connect to the server because the name or password is not correct

Tags: connect, server, password, name, because
Greetings.

We had a Mac and PC network living in relative harmony, with an OSX workstation and an OSX server both accessing shared files on an Windows SBS 2003 server with no problems. We just had to install a new SBS server, with a new domain name and a new IP and subnet. Now none of the Mac clients can access file resources. Entering a legitimate user name, password and domain yields the error: "Connecting to smb://192.168.3.1/shared. . . Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not correct."

We modifed the etc/smb.conf file on the Mac server to reflect the new domain name (NEWDOMAIN), (we entered 'workgroup = NEWDOMAIN') but we still get the same error. We've also relaxed the permissions on the file content on the SBS server (going so far as to grant 'everyone' permissions on both the share and security), to no avail.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Joe
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Zone: Networking
Question Asked By: dekroon
Solution Provided By: matheweis
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