[TriLUG] Help with SAMBA acting as PDC for windows

[Mark Fowle]

the user that you use to to add a system to the domain must be in the
Admin group
root = admin administrator @it

Mark

> Yes, This is the contents of the smbusers file
>
> # Unix_name = SMB_name1 SMB_name2 ...
> root = admin administrator
> nobody = guest pcguest smbguest
> it = @it
> oranet = @oranet
> dmerkle = dmerkle
>
>
> I am a member of the "it" group.
>
> The it group is on a NIS server acting as a group that I am a member.
>
> BTW, I am coming into this postion with this already in place, but had
> something
> like this in place at another location.
>
> Thanks.
>
> JD Henderson
> <http://www.landemonium.com>
> email - jd at savagegeek.com
> mobile - 919-649-5589
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org on behalf of Mark Fowle
> Sent: Wed 10/5/2005 10:00 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Help with SAMBA acting as PDC for windows
>
>
>
> Just curious - is the user you are trying to use to add the machine to the
> domain in the smbusers file and associated with root?
>
> - Mark
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a situation that is happening to one of my Windows XP
>> workstations
>> trying to connect
>> to a SAMBA server acting as a Primary Domain Controller.  So to begin
>> with, the server is
>> a RedHat Fedora Core 3 Running SAMBA version 3.0.10-1.fc3
>>
>> So what is happening is when I am trying to join the machine account to
>> our "WEBNET" domain,
>> the error on the Windows XP workstation is " The following error
>> occurred
>> attempting to join the domain WEBNET: Access is denied
>>
>> Now, I am using a valid username to authenticate the machine account,
>> and
>> the machine account exists
>> in the /etc/samba/smbpasswd file.  Also the machine account exists in
>> the
>> /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file.
>>
>> entry in /etc/passwd file:
>> n-pace$:x:1105:105::Machine Account:/dev/null:/bin/false
>>
>> entry in /etc/shadow file:
>> n-pace$:!:13011:0:99999:7:::
>>
>> entry in /etc/samba/smbpasswd file
>> n-pace$:1105:498B3F3A1D654D56AAD3B435B51404EE:7C5D6F77A7C4A52F3F771BA178AD21D4:[W
>>          ]:LCT-4342E59A:
>>
>> Now I do know when getting the error above it means:
>> There isn't a machine account entered in smbpasswd for the computer
>> you're
>> attempting to have
>> join the domain, or the machine account is currently disabled. It's also
>> possible that you're
>> trying to join the domain using an account name other than "root", which
>> is required.
>>
>>
>> Also, this machine was on the domain as a different machine account, but
>> I
>> removed the account from the /etc/passwd file /etc/shadow file, and
>> /etc/samba/smbpasswd file.
>>
>> Can anybody help?
>>
>> Thank you very much
>>
>> JD Henderson
>> <http://www.landemonium.com>
>> email - jd at savagegeek.com
>> mobile - 919-649-5589
>>
>> --
>> TriLUG mailing list        :
>> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
>> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
>>
>> --
>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
>> believed to be clean.
>>
>>
>
> --
> TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
>
>
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>
> --
> TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/