Samba 2.2 alpha 1 CVS unable to log into domain from W2K client

[Ulrich Stärk]

Thanks. But as you may have seen I gave an excerpt of my smbpasswd file where the machine name is correctly added. This is done automatically by samba I think.
Thanks anyway but this will not solve the problem.
Uli

P.S.: I tried setting the password for this machine to NO PASSWORD, but then it tells me that the domain is not avaiable.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: F.W.J.Wiegerinck 
  To: Ulrich Stärk 
  Cc: samba-ntdom at us5.samba.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 9:05 PM
  Subject: Re: Samba 2.2 alpha 1 CVS unable to log into domain from W2K client


  I think you need a entry in the smbpasswd for your machine.
  Only adding an account to your linux-userdatabase is not enough, also add one to your samba-userdatabase.
  You can use a script like this:

  #!/bin/sh
  # path: /usr/local/samba/bin/addmachineaccount
  accname=$1'$'
  /usr/sbin/useradd -g trust -c W2KMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false $accname
  /usr/local/samba/bin/smbpasswd -m $accname -n

  (I'm not sure if it will handle the $-char correct)

  And in smb.conf:
  add user script = /usr/local/samba/bin/addmachineaccount %m


  Good Luck!
  Frank Wiegerinck

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ulrich Stärk 
    To: samba-ntdom at samba.org 
    Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 6:06 PM
    Subject: Samba 2.2 alpha 1 CVS unable to log into domain from W2K client


    I just (Nov. 26 6pm MET) donwloaded the samba 2.2alpha1 CVS source, compiled and installed it. This is my smb.conf:

    [global]
    netbios name = SERVER
    security = user
    status = yes
    workgroup = HALLO
    encrypt passwords = yes
    domain logons = yes
    domain admin users = root
    share modes = no
    os level = 65
    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g trust -c W2KMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$

    I did not add share or anything else for I first wanted to make sure the PDC is working correctly. My OS is SuSE Linux 7.0 so i had to use /usr/sbin/useradd. I also added user root via smbpasswd -a root and another non-root user to the smbpasswd file. When I now want to connect to the domain from any of my six Win2K machines it prompts me for a username and password to do so. I enter root and my root pasword and after a while it tells me "Welcome to the domain HALLO." and asks me to reboot my machine. I do as asked and reboot my machine. When I reach the logon screen I try to logon as root with my root pasword I set and choose the domain HALLO from the dropdown list. I then tells me "The system could not connect to the specified domain because the machine account is missing or the password for this machine account is wrong.". One of my client's name is "embryo". This is what was generated in the /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and the smbpasswd files:

    /etc/passwd:
    embryo$:x:601:102:W2KMachine:/dev/null:/bin/false

    /etc/shadow:
    embryo$:!:11287:0:99999:7:0::

    smbpasswd:
    embryo$:601:BC855AD328D492734FBF85F44FAB3902:A9D7D2C05281B7CFD265EC6EB91815F7:[W]:LCT-3A213EF0:

    I would be glad if someone could help me, for I tried about three days to find a solution to this problem. Creating user and smb user account manually did not help either.
    Thanks in advance

    Uli Stärk

    P.S.: I also tried this smb.conf file which is a modification of my samba 2.07 smb.conf file but it didn't work either.
    [global]
    netbios name = SERVER
    security = user
    status = yes
    workgroup = HALLO
    encrypt passwords = yes
    domain logons = yes
    domain admin users = root
    share modes = no
    os level = 65
    add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g trust -c W2KMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$
    local master = yes
    preferred master = yes
    domain master = yes
    wins support = yes
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