[clug] Samba leaving domain for no apparent reason

[Stephen Gream]

Just as a follow up:

Looked at the samba wiki and it did indeed say to use ntp. I've set that up and am just waiting to see if it works.

Cheers,
Stephen

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Gream <u4398208 at anu.edu.au>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:06 am
Subject: Re: [clug] Samba leaving domain for no apparent reason
To: linux at lists.samba.org

> Thanks for your fast reply,
> 
> We have to change the owner back to the group and edit the 
> permissions in order to get it back onto the domain properly. I 
> wasn't sure whether it was timing issues, but I suppose I'll 
> look that up some more as well now that someone else has 
> mentioned it
> 
> Cheers,
> Stephen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:01 am
> Subject: Re: [clug] Samba leaving domain for no apparent reason
> To: Stephen Gream <u4398208 at anu.edu.au>
> Cc: linux at lists.samba.org
> 
> > 2009/8/13 Stephen Gream <u4398208 at anu.edu.au>:
> > > Hi people,
> > >
> > > At work we have a Windows 2003 domain but use an Ubuntu 
> Jaunty 
> > box as a NAS. It all works well, but occasionally it will just 
> > leave the domain and change the permissions on the files it's 
> > holding. I've Googled for it, but no one else seems to be 
> having 
> > this problem. Any ideas as to what it may be? I don't have 
> > access to the server at the moment, but will try to attach the 
> > samba.conf file when I can
> > >
> > 
> > Hey Stephen,
> > 
> > I'm no expert and the Samba list might be more helpful for 
> you, 
> > but I
> > do know that Windows domains are sensitive about synchronised time.
> > You can't be more than a few minutes out or weirdness ensues.
> > 
> > Have you been checking the samba logs on the Ubuntu box to see 
> > if any
> > errors are reported?
> > 
> > The "changing of permissions" is probably because it can no longer
> > look up who owns them due to being disconnected from the 
> domain. I
> > doubt that it's actually _changing_ the permissions. If you re-join
> > the domain do they all show the correct owners again?
> > 
> > -c
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