[Samba] User Administrator in passdb, but getpwnam() fails when trying to add XP machine to smb/ldap domain

[Henti Smith]

Hi all 

I've been trying to get this sorted out for a day now, 

I have done the following: 

Followed the howto at http://samba.idealx.org/smbldap-howto.en.html
Changed the reg settings in XP
added the computer to ldap
added administrator to ldap

when I try to add the computer using the settings in XP, when prompted with username and password I use the administrator and password set preveiosly.

this results in failure and log reports: 

[2004/11/17 17:59:25, 1] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_sam(822)
  User Administrator in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
[2004/11/17 17:59:25, 0] auth/auth_sam.c:check_sam_security(306)
  check_sam_security: make_server_info_sam() failed with 'NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER'
[2004/11/17 17:59:25, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_search_one_group(1982)
  ldapsam_search_one_group: Problem during the LDAP search: LDAP error:  (No such object)
[2004/11/17 17:59:26, 1] auth/auth_util.c:make_server_info_sam(822)
  User Administrator in passdb, but getpwnam() fails!
[2004/11/17 17:59:26, 0] auth/auth_sam.c:check_sam_security(306)
  check_sam_security: make_server_info_sam() failed with 'NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER'
[2004/11/17 17:59:26, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldapsam_search_one_group(1982)
  ldapsam_search_one_group: Problem during the LDAP search: LDAP error:  (No such object)

I've searched google and the list for possible options, but I've not yet found one that solves this problem. 

Any suggestions ? 

Thanks 

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Henti Smith
henti at geekware.co.za
+27 82 958 2525
http://www.geekware.co.za

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