Samba2.2alpha1

[David Bannon]

At 06:47 PM 28-01-01 -1000, Eric Pilger wrote:
>......
>The workaround is to do it by hand. However, I can't do it by hand because
2.2
>does it 'on the fly'. A true bind is developing.

Hm... From what I can remember from my tests before xmas, if the machine
account already exists, its treated as if it was being changed. Quite
legal. Create with 'smbpasswd -a -m machine'. You still need a working
administrator account of course.

>
>I'm beginning to wonder though wether this is really any of the problem. So
>many people have commented on the vagaries of making Win2K work itself. It's
>unclear wether anything but an upgraded NT will work reliably. Too much black
>magic involved for me.
>
>--
>Eric J. Pilger
>Systems Administrator
>Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology/SOEST
>pilger at pgd.hawaii.edu
>(808)956-6321 (Voice/FAX)
>
>
>
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