rookie help, please

[Matthew Geddes]

Tavis Barr wrote:

> Another approach, if you're worried about too much reconfiguration, is to
> turn down the os level to something that won't override the NT servers,
> like 20.  You should also make sure you have domain logons = no unless there
> are users logging onto your Samba box, and that domian master = no.
>
> Good luck,
> Tavis
>
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Gordon Steven-QSG001 wrote:
>
> > Try adding:
> >
> > local master = No
> >
> > to your smb.conf file.
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Geddes [mailto:mgeddes at xavier.sa.edu.au]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 4:46 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> > Subject: Re: rookie help, please
> >
> >
> > erik schlichting wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am the de-facto administrator of our city's Sun
> > > box(Solaris 2.6). I know very little about networking. This
> > > machine was set up with Samba(v1.9.18) by an administrator
> > > that is no longer with the city. The rest of the city runs
> > > on an NT network, which I know even less about. I have no
> > > administrative rights or responsibilities on the NT network.
> > >
> > > The UNIX box houses ArcInfo GIS files which are shared out
> > > to NT users, who have limited accounts (no home directory)
> > > on the sun machine. Not all the city's users have accounts
> > > on the Sun.
> > >
> > > Here's the problem: lately, the Sun machine has been getting
> > > promoted to PDC daily, which of course causes havoc with the
> > > users when they can't log in. The NT administrators can't
> > > solve the problem (other than "It's Samba. you must bring it
> > > down" or reboot their machine), and I don't know what to
> > > tell them. I know this happened when Samba was first
> > > installed, but then solved & went w/o a hitch for months.
> > >
> > > Have others had this problem, and can you offer some advice?
> > > Is it NT or Unix having troubles? Is it really Samba causing
> > > the problem?
> >
> > Samba is promoting *itself* to PDC? Do you mean Master Browser?
> >
> >
> > What version of Samba? Is there any info in the log files?
> >
> > Matt
> >
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I was under the impression the the OS level was for Browse list elections. In
domain controlling, there are no elections. Try looking at the entries in the
WINS database (look for the name that is that of the domain and has a type of
1b, check that IP against your servers). If the WINS server has changed the
entries, try adding static mappings.

Try an LMHOSTS file on a workstation. Add a line like

[IP address]        [PDCname]        #PRE #DOM:[domainname]

then run nbtstat -R and try logging in.

run nbtstat -A [IP address] on the samba server and all Windows NT servers. See
which one(s) have the [domain name] <1B> entry.

(You could also Boot the Domain controllers off a Linux Install disk and follow
the installation procedure. Tell samba on these machines to be the Domain
Controller. No more NT = No more problems).

Matt
P.S. you probably won't want to follow the last one, the NT guys may get a
little pissed ;-)