ouch again!!!!

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, John Reid wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Apologies for the list pollution earlier - tried to attach complete log
> files as appendix.  too much of a beginner to know which bits really
> relevant.  is it possible to set up the list server to give slightly
> more informative error messages so i don't have to bother everyone with
> crud?
> 
> I probably should also apologise for trying to run before i can crawl. 
> 2beta2 worked fine without PDC but didn't try anything fancy.  However,
> need PDC support.
> 
> have been trying to compile and run: smbd -D... falls over. 
> make uninstall'd, deleted complete source dir (../pkgs/samba) and cvs'ed
> new code in case i had done something silly (overkill?), recompiled and
> guess
> what - smbd -D falls over!

> [1998/12/09 20:07:18, 0] libsmb/clientgen.c:cli_connect_serverlist(2796)
>   cli_connect_serverlist: Domain password server not available.

this means you have no "password server = " option.

> relevant bits of smb.conf
> 
> [global]
> 
>    debug level = 20
>    
> # ===server settings===
>    workgroup = EGG
> 
> # Domain support
> 
>   domain logons = yes
>   logon script = user.bat
>   security = domain

here you go, you're in "security = domain" mode which means "i am a member
of a domain", where is your PDC? you should have "password server =
YOUR_PDC_NETBIOS_NAME".

>   encrypt passwords = yes
> 
>   domain user map = /usr/local/samba/lib/user.map
>   guest account = guest
> 
> # Printer support
> ;   load printers = yes
> ;   printcap name = /etc/printcap
> ;   printcap name = lpstat
> ;   printing = lprng
> 
> # Browser Control Options:
> ;   local master = yes
>    os level = 65
>    domain master = yes 
> ;   preferred master = yes
>    wins support = yes
> 
> 
> 
> cheers,
> John
>  
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<a href="mailto:lkcl at samba.anu.edu.au" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton  </a>
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<a href="http://www.samba.co.uk"       > Samba and Network Consultancy </a>