Smbpasswd problem with NT Wst

[Tom Turpin]

Problem turned out to be that I had apparently killed and restarted the smbd
after joining the domain but before NT rebooted.  It is vital that you so
smbpasswd -a -m
then have the machine join the domain, then wait for it to reboot before you
make any changes to the SMB Domain or restart the daemons.  Thanks for the
help.  Maybe this could also be documented in the FAQ or docs.

Thomas B. Turpin
Engineering/CAD Systems Administration
Ryobi Motor Products

Phone:	(864) 878-6331 ext. 4166
Fax:	(864) 898-4088
E-mail:	tom.turpin at rptg.ryobi.com <mailto:tom.turpin at rptg.ryobi.com> 


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Andrew Perrin - Demography [SMTP:aperrin at demog.Berkeley.EDU]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 01, 1998 11:20 AM
> To:	Tom Turpin
> Cc:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: Smbpasswd problem with NT Wst
> 
> Tom - my understanding of this is that the smbpasswd -a -m (machinename)
> changes the entry back to the ORIGINAL password for that machine;
> periodically, machines change their passwords with the PDC for security
> reasons.  That's why re-joining the domain without re-smbpasswd'ing
> doesn't work, and (I expect) why re-smbpasswd'ing without re-joining
> doesn't work.
> 
> You might find it useful to read through the archives of this list; it
> sounds like you're running into several problems others (including me!)
> have run into before.
> 
> Best,
> Andy Perrin
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Andrew J. Perrin - aperrin at demog.berkeley.edu - NT/Unix Admin/Support
> Department of Demography    -    University of California at Berkeley
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> 
> On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Tom Turpin wrote:
> 
> > I had two workstations up and working.  Their password entries in the
> > smbpasswd file were identical.  In the process of bringing a third
> machine
> > onto the domain, I noticed that the new third machine Doppler did not
> have
> > identical passwd entries.  Subsequently, it does not log into the Samba
> PDC
> > correctly complaining that it's computer account or computer password is
> > incorrect.  Any ideas people?  I went back and deleted one of the two
> > working machines from the smbpasswd file and tried to add it back with
> > smbpasswd -a -m jordan.  That now corrupts the passwords so that they
> are
> > not identical and it won't login properly. 
> > 
> > Thomas B. Turpin
> > Engineering/CAD Systems Administration
> > Ryobi Motor Products
> > 
> > Phone:	(864) 878-6331 ext. 4166
> > Fax:	(864) 898-4088
> > E-mail:	tom.turpin at rptg.ryobi.com <mailto:tom.turpin at rptg.ryobi.com>
> 
> > 
> > 
>