Samba won't talk with PDC - strange, strange!

["Schäfer, Axel"]

I got some emails from some other people, having the same or a similar
problem. Besides restarting the NT Server the restart of SMB seems to be
another way to things running again.
Seems to be a bigger problem.

Axel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Schäfer, Axel" [mailto:a.schaefer at uwt.mb.uni-siegen.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:53 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject: Samba won't talk with PDC - strange, strange!
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we are running a WinNT/Win95 network here. We need a stable 
> file-server, so
> we setup a Linux box with Samba 2.0.4b.
> The NT Server (NT 4, SP 4, german) is serving as PDC and does all the
> password stuff. I successfully joined Samba to the domain and 
> everything is
> working fine for some houres up to days. But then something 
> strange happens:
> when I click on my Samba in the network neighbordhood, it asks for a
> Username and a Password. It doesn't matter, what User and 
> Password I use, it
> won't let me in.
> 
> Checking the log, it says:
> 
> [1999/08/09 15:26:59, 1] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1243)
>   domain_client_validate: Can't resolve address for UWTSRV1NT
> [1999/08/09 15:26:59, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1318)
>   domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
> [1999/08/09 15:26:59, 0] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(771)
>   NT Password did not match ! Defaulting to Lanman
> [1999/08/09 15:27:07, 1] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1243)
>   domain_client_validate: Can't resolve address for UWTSRV1NT
> [1999/08/09 15:27:07, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1318)
>   domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
> [1999/08/09 15:27:07, 0] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(771)
>   NT Password did not match ! Defaulting to Lanman
> [1999/08/09 15:27:16, 1] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1243)
>   domain_client_validate: Can't resolve address for UWTSRV1NT
> [1999/08/09 15:27:16, 0] smbd/password.c:domain_client_validate(1318)
>   domain_client_validate: Domain password server not available.
> [1999/08/09 15:27:16, 0] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(771)
>   NT Password did not match ! Defaulting to Lanman
> 
> Where UWTSRV1NT is the NT Server (PDC). The NT is running 
> WINS-Server and I
> set "WINS SERVER = ip_of_server" in smb.conf.
> In my opinion this is a communication problem between Samba and the NT
> Server. Strangely all my workstations can access the NT 
> Server, so WINS must
> be running.
> The problem can be solved by rebooting the NT Server or 
> joining Samba again
> to the domain using smbpasswd -j domain.
> 
> Any Ideas? What is going wrong here - is it me, is it Samba, is it NT
> Server? Help needed urgently!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Axel Schaefer
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