Then, anyone can tell me about "unable to join domain"??

[Greg Dickie]

On 01-Jun-99 justo at creditoycaucion.es wrote:
> Greg Dickie wrote:
> 
>> OK my NT admin. skills are weak (I just use samba) but if you just add the
>> name
>> of the samba machine in the server manager for the domain, the password on
>> that
>> account should be initialized to the correct password. I was wrong, it seems
>> there is no way to set the password in server-manager so just create the
>> account and then try to join.
> 
>     Well, my NT admin skills are least than yours, sure. I added the machine
> account in Server Manager,

good

>     I added a user account in User Manager for Domain with the name of my
> netbios
> name of the Samba
>    Server (in upper case, with and without  $ appended), and the password is
> the
> netbios name (in lower case).
>    This user account, have permission to add machines to the domain.

oh yuck, get rid of that username, it should not be required. The server
manager should be fine.

> 
>    Nothing. The error are the same, ever:
> 
>    # smbpasswd -j MYDOMAIN -r PDCSERVER
>    modify_trust_password: machine PDCSERVER rejected the session setup. Error
> was
>: code 131.
>    1999/06/01 09:46:15 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> password
> for domain MYDOMAIN.
>    Unable to join domain MYDOMAIN.


try doing smbpasswd -j MYDOMAIN -r PDCSERVER -D 10

and send that output

Greg

>    #
> 
> Justo.
> 
>>
>>   As I read your previous mail it looks like you tried that.... What was the
>> error you got again?
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On 31-May-99 Justo Alonso Achaques wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, 31 May 1999, Greg Dickie wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did you create the machine account for the samba machine on the NT PDC
>> >> and
>> >> set
>> >> the password to be the machine name in lower case?
>> >
>> >   Umm??.. Please can you explain this more comprensive?? ;))
>> >
>> >   I don't understand.
>> >
>> >   I create the account on the PDC in upper case (the PDC doesn't allow me
>> >   in lower case). And in the command line, DOMAIN and PDCSERVER type in
>> >   upper case.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This is probably why smbpasswd -r <NT PDC> -j <DOMAIN> is failing.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Greg
>> >>
>> >> On 31-May-99 Justo Alonso Achaques wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Mon, 31 May 1999, Tomek Jarosinski wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> >   I wan't install how PDC, only that the Samba server join to the
>> >> >> >   domain
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> Hello,
>> >> >   Hello
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Read carefully all samba nt faq docs and encryption.txt docs.
>> >> >> Important:
>> >> >> 1. Samba has to be set with encrypted passwords
>> >> >   Ok
>> >> >
>> >> >> 2. You have to make accounts for every pc and add with smbpasswd -a -m
>> >> >> wsname
>> >> >
>> >> >   But with -a -m params, you create the machine account in the Samba
>> >> >   PDC
>> >> >   server, and I wan't that the Samba are a PDC, only a NT server, which
>> >> >   pass the auth to the PDC (a NT box)
>> >> >
>> >> >   I make de account for the samba server in the PDC of the domain
>> >> >
>> >> >> 3. Does your samba server is also wins server for your domain ? Better
>> >> >> do it.
>> >> >
>> >> >   I have other wins server. Support in samba server is off.
>> >> >   But wins server = 172.17.1.1
>> >> >
>> >> >> 4. You need a correct smb.conf
>> >> >
>> >> >   Well.... I want this.. !! ;)))
>> >> >
>> >> >   When I execute the command:
>> >> ># smbpasswd -j MYDOMAIN -r pdcserver
>> >> > modify_trust_password: machine PDCSERVER rejected the session setup.
>> >> > Error
>> >> > was : code 131.
>> >> > 1999/05/31 15:30:26 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
>> >> > password for domain MYDOMAIN.
>> >> > Unable to join domain MYDOMAIN.
>> >> >#
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am using this:
>> >> >
>> >> >   well, this is a smb.conf to a Samba PDC server, isn't it???
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [global]
>> >> >>         workgroup = PPMW
>> >> >>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>> >> >>         log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m.%U
>> >> >>         max log size = 100
>> >> >>         time server = Yes
>> >> >>         load printers = No
>> >> >>         character set = iso8859-1
>> >> >>         logon script = login.bat
>> >> >>         logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
>> >> >>         logon drive = H:
>> >> >>         domain logons = Yes
>> >> >>         os level = 65
>> >> >>         preferred master = Yes
>> >> >>         domain master = Yes
>> >> >>         wins support = Yes
>> >> >>         invalid users = root
>> >> >>         dos filetimes = Yes
>> >> >>         dos filetime resolution = Yes
>> >> >>         fake directory create times = Yes
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [homes]
>> >> >>         comment = Homes
>> >> >>         read only = No
>> >> >>         guest ok = Yes
>> >> >>         browseable = No
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [netlogon]
>> >> >>         comment = Logons Files
>> >> >>         path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
>> >> >>         read only = No
>> >> >>         guest ok = Yes
>> >> >>         locking = No
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [profiles]
>> >> >>         path = /opt/win/profiles
>> >> >>         read only = No
>> >> >>         guest ok = Yes
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Good luck !
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Have a nice day !
>> >> >> Tomek Jarosinski
>> >> >>
>> >>
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>> >> Just A Guy*
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>> >> greg at discreet.com
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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