[Samba] security = ads: problem join XP Pro?
Etienne-Hugues Fortin
efortin at fs01.cyberspicace.com
Wed Jun 9 18:44:44 GMT 2004
Hi,
I've configured Samba 3.0.4 with Openldap 2.1.22 to use my samba server as
a PDC. At first, I had some problem with the user administrator. I've
then found the workaround a few days ago. Now that this is fixed, I'm
trying to join a XP Pro workstation to my domain. I've done multiple test
and never succeeded. I'm always getting XP Pro to complain about not
being able to find a domain and talking about a SRV entry in my DNS (which
is dynamic as required when using dhcp at the same time).
So, this morning, in a desesperate attempt, I changed security = ads to
security = domain and retry to join the domain from XP Pro. To my
surprise, it worked fine. I've reread the documentation and it's still
saying that we should use security = domain when our server is acting as a
BDC, not a PDC.
I still have to do more test tonight to see if everything is working but
right now, I'm more curious to understand why my samba server (which is
now acting as a BDC) is accepting a join request while it's not when it's
acting as a PDC. Is that normal? Should I keep my server in security =
domain mode?
Thank you.
Etienne-Hugues Fortin
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