VMware Samba failure - how to fix?

Hi:

I have Win2k pro guest running in VMware 4.5.2 b8848 running on host OS
Suse Linux 9.1. I have host-only and bridged networking set up. I use
the host-only to access files on the Linux host. I run applications in
Win2k under VMware which access the files on Linux. This system has been
working fine for over a year.

Today I can't access the VMware samba server running on Linux. The Win2k
dialog says "incorrect password or unknown username." I used
#vmware-smbpasswd to reset the password just in case, but this didn't
fix it.

Then I set up logging in the /etc/vmware/smb/smb.conf file. This reveals
trouble when I try to access the host VMware-samba server <see log text
at end of message> .

Nothing changed from yesterday to today. It just broke. The bridged
network access from the guest to the net still works. I can also ping
between host and guest host-only network IP addresses.

I re-ran vmware-config.pl to try starting over. No change.

I also deleted the files in /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/private, then
restarted vmware services to allow them to be recreated. Then I
recreated and enabled the user samba account using vmware-smbpasswd once
again. Still broke.

After looking at the log below, can anyone suggest what is wrong and how
to correct it?

Thanks for any assistance!

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[2007/06/21 09:48:16, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:get_socket_addr(1012)
getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
[2007/06/21 09:48:16, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(499)
write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2007/06/21 09:48:16, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(523)
write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 12: ERRNO = Connection
reset by peer
[2007/06/21 09:48:16, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(703)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
[2007/06/21 09:48:17, 1]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
Rejecting user 'crcarle': authentication failed
[2007/06/21 09:48:17, 1]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
Rejecting user 'crcarle': authentication failed
[2007/06/21 09:48:17, 1]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
Rejecting user 'crcarle': authentication failed
[2007/06/21 09:48:17, 1]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
Rejecting user 'crcarle': authentication failed
[2007/06/21 09:48:28, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:get_socket_addr(1012)
getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
[2007/06/21 09:48:28, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(499)
write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
[2007/06/21 09:48:28, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(523)
write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 12: ERRNO = Connection
reset by peer
[2007/06/21 09:48:28, 0]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(703)
Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
[2007/06/21 09:48:28, 1]
.../samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(1023)
Rejecting user 'crcarle': authentication failed

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Good day!

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Christopher R. Carlen
Principal Laser&Electronics Technologist
Sandia National Laboratories CA USA
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