The problem I'm having is that if I spec a user id (valid user) in the share, I don't get prompted for a password when trying to access it from a Windows host. If however in the share options I spec a group name (ie. valid user = @aiswf), I get prompted for an account and password. The user accounts and groups have been created on the samba server. We joined the Windows AD domain (net rpc.)
Why is a group share access behaving differently from a user share access? Am I missing a config/setup step ?
Below is my smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = DEVENG
server string = %h Samba File Server %v
hosts allow = 127. 10. 172.
smb ports = 139 445
# Domain Members Options
security = domain encrypt
passwords = yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
password server = *
domain master = no
wins server = 10.XXX.XX.XX,172.XX.XX.XXX
dns proxy = yes
deadtime = 10
# Browser Control Options
local master = no
preferred master = no
os level = 33
# Filesystem Options
map archive = no
map hidden = no m
ap read only = no
map system = no
store dos attributes = yes
hide dot files = no
#=== Share Definitions ===
[neteng]
comment = Network Engineering Share
path = /fs_neteng
browseable = yes
writable = yes
valid users = @neteng dignarn
[aiswf]
comment = AIS Workflow Share
path = /fs_aiswf
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
admin users = arnoldr
valid users = @aiswf