Solution for Windows 7 samba connection problem

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A fresh install of windows 7 might have a problem with samba shares,

if you setup samba logging you will see errors like this:

[2009/08/26 09:15:53, 3] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(76)
yield_connection: tdb_delete for name  failed with error Record does not exist.
[2009/08/26 09:15:53, 3] smbd/server.c:exit_server(614)

although the user was able to connect from a different PC with a different operating system.

I found this great solution for the samba connection problem,

and to break it to a few simple steps:

1. from the run command or from a cmd window run secpol.msc
2. go to “Local Policies” -> “Security Options” -> “Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level”
3. change to “LM and NTLM – use NTLMV2 session security if negotiated”
4. Press the OK button

This solution worked just fine on a fresh windows 7 install.

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