While accessing the samba shares using "net view", it fails with "System error 1326 has occurred"
Issue
- Unable to browse samba shares from Windows clients (i.e: WinXP, Windows 7).
net viewfails withSystem error 1326 has occurred error, Howevernet use x: \\server\shareworks properly.
i.e:
C:\> net use X: \\server\share
(maps the drive successfully) and
C:\> net view \\server
(lists the various services).
But doing this:
C:\> net view
gives an error message:
System error 1326 has occurred.
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
And clicking on "Computers Near Me" or Network Neighborhood gives a dialog box:
Workgroup is not accessible.
The network name cannot be found.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Samba
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