[Samba] Can only log on to domain, not local machine

[samba at piven.org]

Rob Feldman wrote:
> Used Administrator login on XP client to grant domain users rights to log on
> to client machine (such as when offline). All attempts to log on to local
> machine fail authentication (error "System could not log you on. Check user
> name and domain..."). Everything else works fine, including logon to domain
> and synchronization of offline folders. Frustrating having all data
> available offline but inaccessible because I can't log in!
>
> Don't know what I'm doing wrong, seems like my setup is wrong preventing XP
> from getting password info properly for later use away from domain. Sorry if
> this is a dopey question, but I've pored over all howtos & other resources
> and am still stumped. Plenty of help available for fixing XP clients not
> logging into smb domain, but none I can find if XP can't log into itself.
>   

Have you tried just logging in with the domain login and password?

XP Pro caches login credentials, so the next time a user logs in, the 
cached credentials can be used if for some reason the machine can't 
contact a domain controller.  For example, I have an XP Pro machine on 
my desk, joined to a domain managed by a Samba server.  I pulled the 
network cable out of that machine, then logged into it using my plain 
old unprivileged domain logon.  Works fine, except that I can't get to 
my home directory out on the Samba server :-)

Microsoft already did the grunt work to let your users logon to an 
off-network machine.

Don