====== Ubuntu - Samba - Test Samba’s ability to authenticate users ======

===== Test using an invalid username and password =====

<code bash>
smbclient //sharewiz/share -U user1%secret
</code>

returns:

<code>
Domain=[SHAREWIZ] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.3.9-Ubuntu]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
</code>

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===== Test using a valid username but with an incorrect password =====

<code bash>
smbclient //sharewiz/share -U validuser%incorrect_password
</code>

returns:

<code bash>
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
</code>

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===== Test using a valid username with a valid password =====

<code bash>
smbclient //sharewiz/share -U validuser%correct_password
</code>

returns:

<code bash>
Domain=[SHAREWIZ] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba 4.3.9-Ubuntu]
smb: \> 
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  If smbd is able to successfully authenticate the login name/password pair and that user is authorized to access the requested share, we are greeted with an **smb: \>** prompt.

  * If the user was correctly authenticated, but could not access the request service, smbclient reports that the **tree connect failed: ERRDOS - ERRnosuchshare**.
    * This is where an invalid sharename has been specified, which can be caused by a misspelled share name, permissions on the share which restrict the user in question from accessing that directory or printer, or a bad path statement in the share’s definition as given by smb.conf.

</WRAP>

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===== Exit smb =====

<code bash>
smb: \> exit
</code>