simonhayes

Yes, you're right, it definitely seems like that's what it is. The mystery now is why would they send you one with an HDMI adapter?

We have just got in a batch of HDMI to VGA converters and every pack contains a metal wire. One end of the wire screws into the other end to form a loop. As shown on the attached images: All of us in the IT office are completely baffled as to what this could be for. Can anyone shed any light?

I will install it on my office computer, but won't roll it out to everyone until I see how it performs. I'll probably put it on the 2 Windows 8 PCs we currently have in school too.

Sorted it, it was a permissions problem on the server. Thanks for all your help everyone! Annoying thing now is we go Vanilla in 1 more week, so going to have to reconfigure the whole thing again! At least I'll know what I'm doing next time.

That's what I have tried to do if you see the above. The admin accounts are working fine, as is the Shared Documents folder which everyone should have. However, if I try and log on as a user in the group 'year 7' which should be a student user, it still tries to map it to the RMAdminWork share, which should only go to admin users. This obviously doesn't work as students don't get permission to access this share, but it shouldn't even try. What am I doing wrong? Am I doing the group names correctly?

Tried this in the pam_mount.conf.xml but it doesn't seem to work: path="RMStudentWork\Year 7" mountpoint="/home/local/BROOKVALE" options="sec=krb5,user=%(DOMAIN_USER)@%(DOMAIN_NAME),uid=%(USERUID),gid=%(USERGID),cruid=%(USERUID),nodev,nosuid,file_mode=0700,dir_mode=0700"> path="RMSysAdminWork" mountpoint="/home/local/BROOKVALE" options="sec=krb5,user=%(DOMAIN_USER)@%(DOMAIN_NAME),uid=%(USERUID),gid=%(USERGID),cruid=%(USERUID),nodev,nosuid,file_mode=0700,dir_mode=0700">

Only gone and got it working!!!!!! :D :D Noticed a mistake in the pam_mount.conf.xml file, which I copied from the DevOps site, the "" were formatted versions. Corrected that and we're in! Thanks so much for all your help Geoff. Unfortunately I'm not done there though!! My users are in different containers on the server, for example admin are in a "SystemAdminWork" share, teachers in a 'TeacherWork' share and students in a "StudentWork' share. Is there any way of accounting for this? Thanks again for all your help.

Started from scratch with a clean install of 14.04LTS. Still couldn't get this to work. Tried mjk's suggestion as well. It logs into the domain fine, but just cannot get it to mount the home folder on the server. Very frustrating! @Geoff, how do I go about downgrading the security method to ntlmv2? Thanks all for your help, it is very much appreciated.

Sorry, didn't get round to trying any of that yesterday. The blasted laptop I was using has gone into the dreaded low graphics mode and I can't seem to get it out. I'm going to try again on a different laptop.

I'm going to start again from scratch this time using Ubuntu 14.04. I'm using 15.04 at the moment and I ran into some teething problems installing pbis due to systemd, so maybe this is why I'm encountering problems.

No, that folder is empty. How do I make a keytab?

Still can't fathom what's going on then. Cleared my auth.log and rebooted and this is what's in the auth.log now: Jul 2 08:17:56 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: New seat seat0. Jul 2 08:17:56 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Power Button) Jul 2 08:17:56 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button) Jul 2 08:17:56 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Lid Switch) Jul 2 08:17:56 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event5 (Video Bus) Jul 2 08:18:03 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jul 2 08:18:03 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so Jul 2 08:18:03 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:568): pam_mount 2.14: entering session stage Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:477): warning: could not obtain password interactively either Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:267): Mount info: globalconf, user=lightdm fstab=0 ssh=0 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:664): Password will be sent to helper as-is. Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: command: 'mount' '-t' 'cifs' '//bhs-sr-001.brookvale.internal/UserProfiles' '/home/local/BROOKVALE' '-o' 'username=lightdm,uid=120,gid=129,sec=krb5,user=lightdm@,uid=120,gid=129,cruid=120,nodev,nosuid,file_mode=0700,dir_mode=0700' Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 dbus[628]: [system] Rejected send message, 10 matched rules; type="method_return", sender=":1.15" (uid=0 pid=944 comm="/usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground") interface="(unset)" member="(unset)" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination=":1.7" (uid=0 pid=571 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ") Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:72): Messages from underlying mount program: Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:76): mount error(126): Required key not available Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:76): Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 17 22 0:16 / /sys rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:7 - sysfs sysfs rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 18 22 0:4 / /proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:12 - proc proc rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 19 22 0:6 / /dev rw,relatime shared:2 - devtmpfs udev rw,size=1875104k,nr_inodes=468776,mode=755 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 20 19 0:13 / /dev/pts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime shared:3 - devpts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 21 22 0:17 / /run rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime shared:5 - tmpfs tmpfs rw,size=377252k,mode=755 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 22 0 8:1 / / rw,relatime shared:1 - ext4 /dev/disk/by-uuid/5f170ada-78f1-4c37-b9ee-933b21534cb8 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 23 17 0:11 / /sys/kernel/security rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:8 - securityfs securityfs rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 24 19 0:18 / /dev/shm rw,nosuid,nodev shared:4 - tmpfs tmpfs rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 25 21 0:19 / /run/lock rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:6 - tmpfs tmpfs rw,size=5120k Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 26 17 0:20 / /sys/fs/cgroup ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec shared:9 - tmpfs tmpfs ro,mode=755 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 27 26 0:21 / /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:10 - cgroup cgroup rw,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 28 17 0:22 / /sys/fs/pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:11 - pstore pstore rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 29 26 0:23 / /sys/fs/cgroup/devices rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:13 - cgroup cgroup rw,devices Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 30 26 0:24 / /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:14 - cgroup cgroup rw,net_cls,net_prio Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 31 26 0:25 / /sys/fs/cgroup/memory rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:15 - cgroup cgroup rw,memory Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 32 26 0:26 / /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:16 - cgroup cgroup rw,perf_event Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 33 26 0:27 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:17 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpu,cpuacct Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 34 26 0:28 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:18 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpuset,clone_children Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 35 26 0:29 / /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:19 - cgroup cgroup rw,freezer Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 36 26 0:30 / /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:20 - cgroup cgroup rw,blkio Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 37 26 0:31 / /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:21 - cgroup cgroup rw,hugetlb Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 38 18 0:32 / /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc rw,relatime shared:22 - autofs systemd-1 rw,fd=27,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 39 17 0:7 / /sys/kernel/debug rw,relatime shared:23 - debugfs debugfs rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 40 19 0:33 / /dev/hugepages rw,relatime shared:24 - hugetlbfs hugetlbfs rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 41 19 0:15 / /dev/mqueue rw,relatime shared:25 - mqueue mqueue rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:558): 42 17 0:34 / /sys/fs/fuse/connections rw,relatime shared:26 - fusectl fusectl rw Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:522): mount of UserProfiles failed Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:477): warning: could not obtain password interactively either Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'lightdm' '-o' '1' Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:441): pmvarrun says login count is 1 Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:660): done opening session (ret=0) Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[612]: New session c1 of user lightdm. Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user lightdm by (uid=0) Jul 2 08:18:04 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: pam_mkhomedir(lightdm-greeter:session): unknown option: /skel=/etc/skel Jul 2 08:18:06 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: PAM unable to dlopen(pam_kwallet.so): /lib/security/pam_kwallet.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Jul 2 08:18:06 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: PAM adding faulty module: pam_kwallet.so Jul 2 08:18:06 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: pam_succeed_if(lightdm:auth): requirement "user ingroup nopasswdlogin" not met by user "systemadmin" Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:365): pam_mount 2.14: entering auth stage Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm-greeter:session): session closed for user lightdm Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:706): received order to close things Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'lightdm' '-o' '-1' Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:441): pmvarrun says login count is 0 Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:889): going to unmount Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:267): Mount info: globalconf, user=lightdm fstab=0 ssh=0 Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: command: 'pmt-ofl' '-k0' '/home/local/BROOKVALE' Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: command: 'umount' '/home/local/BROOKVALE' Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:72): umount messages: Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:76): umount: /home/local/BROOKVALE: not mounted Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (mount.c:892): unmount of UserProfiles failed Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:743): pam_mount execution complete Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: (pam_mount.c:116): Clean global config (0) Jul 2 08:18:20 simon-rm-nbook-200 lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:session): session opened for user systemadmin by (uid=0) Jul 2 08:18:25 simon-rm-nbook-200 gnome-keyring-daemon[1485]: The PKCS#11 component was already initialized Jul 2 08:18:26 simon-rm-nbook-200 gnome-keyring-daemon[1485]: The SSH agent was already initialized Jul 2 08:18:26 simon-rm-nbook-200 gnome-keyring-daemon[1485]: The GPG agent was already initialized Jul 2 08:18:27 simon-rm-nbook-200 gnome-keyring-daemon[1485]: The Secret Service was already initialized Jul 2 08:19:12 simon-rm-nbook-200 sudo: (pam_mount.c:365): pam_mount 2.14: entering auth stage Jul 2 08:19:12 simon-rm-nbook-200 sudo: systemadmin : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/local/BROOKVALE/systemadmin ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gedit /var/log/auth.log Jul 2 08:19:12 simon-rm-nbook-200 sudo: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by systemadmin(uid=0)

Put the DNS settings in but still shows the same thing. I think it's trying to launch the mount before the network interface is starting which is why it's failing. Also, why does it appear to be trying to use the username 'lightdm'? That doesn't exist anywhere.

Yes I can, however it doesn't let me ping 'bhs-sr-001' without the 'brookvale.internal' on the end.

Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 23 17 0:11 / /sys/kernel/security rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:8 - securityfs securityfs rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 24 19 0:18 / /dev/shm rw,nosuid,nodev shared:4 - tmpfs tmpfs rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 25 21 0:19 / /run/lock rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:6 - tmpfs tmpfs rw,size=5120k Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 26 17 0:20 / /sys/fs/cgroup ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec shared:9 - tmpfs tmpfs ro,mode=755 Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 27 26 0:21 / /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:10 - cgroup cgroup rw,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 28 17 0:22 / /sys/fs/pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:11 - pstore pstore rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 29 26 0:23 / /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:13 - cgroup cgroup rw,hugetlb Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 30 26 0:24 / /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:14 - cgroup cgroup rw,blkio Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 31 26 0:25 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:15 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpu,cpuacct Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 32 26 0:26 / /sys/fs/cgroup/memory rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:16 - cgroup cgroup rw,memory Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 33 26 0:27 / /sys/fs/cgroup/devices rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:17 - cgroup cgroup rw,devices Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 34 26 0:28 / /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:18 - cgroup cgroup rw,net_cls,net_prio Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 35 26 0:29 / /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:19 - cgroup cgroup rw,freezer Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 36 26 0:30 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:20 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpuset,clone_children Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 37 26 0:31 / /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:21 - cgroup cgroup rw,perf_event Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 38 18 0:32 / /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc rw,relatime shared:22 - autofs systemd-1 rw,fd=21,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 39 17 0:7 / /sys/kernel/debug rw,relatime shared:23 - debugfs debugfs rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 40 19 0:33 / /dev/hugepages rw,relatime shared:24 - hugetlbfs hugetlbfs rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 41 19 0:15 / /dev/mqueue rw,relatime shared:25 - mqueue mqueue rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 42 17 0:34 / /sys/fs/fuse/connections rw,relatime shared:26 - fusectl fusectl rw Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:558): 72 21 0:35 / /run/user/120 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime shared:55 - tmpfs tmpfs rw,size=377252k,mode=700,uid=120,gid=129 Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:522): mount of UserProfiles failed Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'simon' '-o' '1' Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:441): pmvarrun says login count is 1 Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:660): done opening session (ret=0) Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[551]: New session c2 of user simon. Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user simon by (uid=0) Jun 30 15:34:32 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: pam_mkhomedir(su:session): unknown option: /skel=/etc/skel Jun 30 15:34:49 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd-logind[551]: Removed session c1. Jun 30 15:34:49 simon-rm-nbook-200 systemd: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user lightdm Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user simon Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:706): received order to close things Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: command: 'pmvarrun' '-u' 'simon' '-o' '-1' Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:441): pmvarrun says login count is 0 Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:889): going to unmount Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:267): Mount info: globalconf, user=simon fstab=0 ssh=0 Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: command: 'pmt-ofl' '-k0' '/home/local/BROOKVALE' Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: command: 'umount' '/home/local/BROOKVALE' Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:72): umount messages: Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:76): umount: /home/local/BROOKVALE: not mounted Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (mount.c:892): unmount of UserProfiles failed Jun 30 15:35:28 simon-rm-nbook-200 su[1736]: (pam_mount.c:743): pam_mount execution complete