[Samba] XP cannot get into smb-PDC domain

[Rolf Offermanns]

Hi Robert,

there was something about a "SignOrSeal" registry entry on XP boxes in 
the HOWTO.
Could that be the problem?

-Rolf

Robert Schott wrote:
> Trying to authenticate a machine named testmachine on a pdc-smb domain. If 
> manually creating machine account as described in how-tos I get access 
> denied. If automatically generating a new mach.account I get another wierd 
> msg telling me something like I am using a workstation account and I have to 
> use a normal user account or local account to access this server.
> 
> If I say that this xp-box should use a workgroup I can use the server but 
> cannot authenticate.
> 
> Any ideas where to start searching?
> 
> Robert