Re: [BackupPC-users] SPNEGO login failed: invalid parameter

[Frank J. G. <fr...@cr...>]

Just bumping this.  I need to get this machine back on its routine.  Please
let me know if there's any additional information I can provide to help you
help me.

Thanks so much!
-Frank

2010/12/7 Frank J. Gómez <fr...@cr...>

> A Windows 7 laptop is failing with "backup failed (No files dumped for
> share win7home)."  Prior to this, one full and three incrementals completed
> successfully.
>
> I verified the username and password, and I've tried with Windows Firewall
> turned completely off.  The password and the machine name contain only
> letters and numbers -- letters only for the username.
>
> When I run:
>
>> smbclient \\\\13708n1\\win7home -U backuppc -E -d 3
>
>
> I get this in the output:
>
>> Doing spnego session setup (blob length=336)
>
>  SPNEGO login failed: Invalid parameter
>
>
> I get the same result whether I provide the correct password or not, or
> whether I use the proper share name or a nonexistent one.  When I run the
> same command against different Windows 7 laptops, the blob length is much
> shorter, and I don't get the "Invalid parameter" failure.
>
> Here's another interesting bit of information; when I run:
>
>> smbtree -U backuppc
>
>
> I get (abridged):
>
>> MY-WORKGROUP
>> \\44Z62L1
>> \\44Z62L1\win7home
>> \\44Z62L1\Users
>>  \\44Z62L1\IPC$           Remote IPC
>> \\44Z62L1\C$             Default share
>>  \\44Z62L1\ADMIN$         Remote Admin
>> \\13708N1
>
>
> Note that there are no shares listed for 13708N1.  Furthermore, running:
>
>> smbtree -U bsmith
>
>
> (where bsmith is the name of the laptop's primary user) gives a similar
> output.  The user can't see her own shares, even though I can use that
> command with other users to see just the shares on their respective laptops.
>
> I think the user must have inadvertently changed some network or sharing
> settings on her laptop, because it does not appear that her shares are being
> broadcast.  I've verified that the directory is being shared with the
> backuppc user as well as the Backup Operators group, using the win7home
> share name.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> -Frank
>