Catherine MacInnes's questions

I am probably missing something simple but I've been banging my head against the wall for a while now and I'm hoping someone can help.

The Setup:

• vsftpd running on a Centos machine a number of existing users have
• access no problem created two new users and those users can't log in
• for some reason

Troubleshooting Notes:

• I can successfully log in as an existing user no problem
• If I try to log in as an existing user with a known bad password I get the anticipated authentication failure in the secure log
• I DO NOT get authentication failures in the secure log for the new users if I use the correct password but the client gets an Access Denied.
• If I log in with a bad password I get the same behavior from the client side, but see the authentication failure in the secure log
• There are no errors in the vsftpd.log
• If I log in as one of the new users through a shell I have full access to their home directory as expected

Anyone have any ideas on what's going on, or where to look next for hints?

So here is the story. All of this started when a client updated Symantec Client Security on their domain, which has since been uninstalled but some strange problems persist. Here are the relavent details:

• A single Windows Server 2003 domain running in 2003 native mode.
• The domain has no children, parents, etc.
• There have been no changes to the domain structure in years.
• There have been no new DCs in years.
• Laptop running Windows XP Pro SP3
• The laptop worked fine on the domain for years.
• Now when you try to connect to a shared folder on the domain controller you get the meesage "System error 1396 has occured. Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect."
• This is true no matter what share you try to connect to (including administrative shares)
• This is true whether you are logged on with a normal domain user or a domain admin user
• Other computers on the domain are able to connect to the share no problem.
• I am able to connect to the share if I am logged on to the laptop with a local user account. (They have the share open to Everyone, I've told them it's a bad idea, but I have no decision making power at the company).

I have tried disconnecting the laptop from the domain. Deleting the laptop computer account on the domain controller and then reconnecting to the domain with no luck. When I google the error message I get a bunch of stuff about duplicate computer accounts in child domains, which doesn't seem to be relevant to this situation. Does anyone have any other ideas?

I am running vmplayer 3.1.0 on Ubuntu. The host machine has four ethernet adapters that are configured to run on four different subnets. I need to run four VMs each with a single ethernet adapter bridged onto a specific one of the physical ethernet adapters. Does anyone know how to do this? Am I simply exceeding the capabilities of vmplayer and have to go to one of the other vmware products, if so, which one.

Note that I have no need to create additional VMs, these are VMs that are being given to me by companies that want us to develop software for their products.