[Samba] Joining a Samba 3 domain repost

[John H Terpstra]

On Thursday 15 December 2005 13:24, Mike wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have followed the Samba 3 by Example Chapter 2 small office network to
> the letter. I can connect to server shares using the root user and pw
> but when I try to join the domain I still get the message " while
> attempting to join the domain xxxx the user could not be found"
>
> >From the log
>
>   getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
> [2005/12/16 09:22:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_peer_addr(1000)
>   getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected
> [2005/12/16 09:22:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(430)
>   write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer
> [2005/12/16 09:22:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket(455)
>   write_socket: Error writing 4 bytes to socket 25: ERRNO = Connection
> reset by peer [2005/12/16 09:22:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:send_smb(647)
>   Error writing 4 bytes to client. -1. (Connection reset by peer)
> useradd: invalid user name 'arthp1$'

Check that your useradd command permits upper case characters and the use of 
the '$' symbol in a user name. If not, you will need to write a script to add 
y

>
>
>
> Thanks for any help you may be able to give
>
> Mike
>
> Mike wrote:
> > Thanks Jimmy
> >
> > Yes this is a Unix SAMBA server, only xp workstations here. Can log
> > int shares using administrator or root but not join the domain?
> >
> > Arhhhhhh
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > mike
> >
> > Jimmy D. Smith wrote:
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> You must join the Domain with a valid "Windows" user that has
> >> Administrative
> >> privileges in the Domain, assuming this is a Windows envirionment, not a
> >> Unix PDC. In the Windows world, root has no meaning or privilege.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: samba-bounces+jdsmith=iprocorp.com at lists.samba.org
> >> [mailto:samba-bounces+jdsmith=iprocorp.com at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Mike
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:30 PM
> >> To: samba-list
> >> Subject: Re: [Samba] Joining a Samba 3 domain repost
> >>
> >> Hi I have now been through the documentation by-example guide
> >>
> >> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/
> >> There are two books:
> >>     Samba3-HOWTO.pdf
> >>     Samba3-ByExample.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >> But I get the message "....error while joining domain xyz user not
> >> found"
> >> when trying to join the domain with the root & rootpassword
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> Matt Lung wrote:
> >>> have you tried this documentation yet??
> >>>
> >>> http://www.idealx.org/prj/samba/smbldap-howto.en.html
> >>>
> >>> Mike wrote:
> >>>> Thanks Chris I tried that to
> >>>>
> >>>> User is there But I get the message "....error while joining domain
> >>>> xyz user not found"
> >>>> ---------------
> >>>> Unix username:        root
> >>>> NT username:         Account Flags:        [U          ]
> >>>> User SID:             S-1-5-21-2865329454-1566569267-2544077890-1000
> >>>> Primary Group SID:    S-1-5-21-2865329454-1566569267-2544077890-1001
> >>>> Full Name:            root
> >>>> Home Directory:       \\server\root
> >>>> HomeDir Drive:        H:
> >>>> Logon Script:         logon.bat
> >>>> Profile Path:         \\server\Profiles\root
> >>>> Domain:               xyz
> >>>> Account desc:        Workstations:        Munged dial:
> >>>> Logon time:           0
> >>>> Logoff time:          Sat, 14 Dec 1901 09:45:51 GMT
> >>>> Kickoff time:         Sat, 14 Dec 1901 09:45:51 GMT
> >>>> Password last set:    Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:16:39 GMT
> >>>> Password can change:  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:16:39 GMT Password must
> >>>> change: Sat, 14 Dec 1901 09:45:51 GMT
> >>>> Last bad password   : 0
> >>>> Bad password count  : 0
> >>>> Logon hours         : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris Lounsbury wrote:
> >>>>> Mike
> >>>>> You need to make sure your root account exists in your tbsam
> >>>>> backend and then use root and its password when joining your
> >>>>> windows workstations. At least that's how I did it Chris
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Mike <mikevl at paradise.net.nz> 12/14/05 12:50 PM >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sorry still unable to find documentation Hello
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have set up a Samba 3 PDC on RHEL4 using the tdbsam backed. I
> >>>>> can log in as a user who has been added to the tdbsam database
> >>>>> from a workstation. When I try to add the workstation to the
> >>>>> domain (after breaking user connections to the server) I get "The
> >>>>> following error occurred while trying to joining the domain
> >>>>> xyz.com. Access denied.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I havent seen any instructions in the how-tos on how to create the
> >>>>> Administrative account on the server to accept workstations to
> >>>>> join the domain?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How do I create security groups and join them to users ie Joe is a
> >>>>> member of managers, accounts, engineers etc?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Many thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mike
> >>
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