machine accounts
Joel Barnett
joel at allegro-music.com
Tue Jan 22 09:03:10 GMT 2002
From: "James Bear" <james.s.bear at sendit.nodak.edu>
To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Subject: machine accounts
Date sent: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:30:29 -0600
> Well I thank everybody that helped me get swat working. I am very thankful.
>
> Now, though, it seems I have more problems. When I try to join my samba
> domain, my XP box says "a domain controller for the domain edith could not
> be contacted."
>
> Okay, well, after reading up on things in this list, it seems that I need to
> create a machine account. I didn't have to on my NT box. When I join the
> domain with that, it just creates an account automatically. So how do I do
> this with Samba?
1. Add a unix account for the machine. If the machine is
waldo, add a unix account for waldo$. I use webmin, but
adduser works. Check the samba howto for syntax.
2. Add a samba account for the machine. You can use smbpasswd
for this. As root "smbpasswd -a -m waldo" w/o quotes.
>
> For helpers, here is my smb.conf file. TAke into account that I do have teh
> security set as share right now and it is wide open to anybody on the
> network just because I like to be able to use it as a storage medium.
If you want the samba box to be a pdc, then security should be
USER.
>
> thanks
> jim
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
> # Date: 2002/01/21 15:02:23
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> workgroup = EDITH
> netbios name = WALDO
> server string = Samba Server
> security = SHARE
> encrypt passwords = Yes
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> unix password sync = Yes
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 0
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
> preferred master = True
> domain master = True
> dns proxy = No
> default service = homes
> guest account = bear
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
> printing = lprng
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> path = /home
> force user = bear
> create mask = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printable = Yes
> printer name = lab
> browseable = Yes
>
> jim
> English Teacher
> Montpelier School
>
>
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Joel Barnett
Systems Administrator
Allegro Corporation
503-257-8480 x2059
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