Not able to join domain!

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at switchboard.net
Tue Jun 1 16:24:09 GMT 1999


> > ./smbpasswd -j <name of the samba-server> -r <name of the PDC>
> > 
> > The following appears:
> > 
> > load_client_codepage: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.850
> > does
> > not exist.
> > cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT
> > cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed
> > modify_trust_password: unable to setup PDC credentials to machine <name of
> > the
> > PDC>. Error was: NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT.
> > 1999/06/01 13:13:38 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change
> > password
> > fpr domain <name of the samba-server>
> > Unable to join domain <name of the samba-server>
> > 
> > So what's the problem with the domain?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure but NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT would seem to imply that the
> machine trust account does not exist. There are some other people having
> trouble getting samba to join an NT controlled domain. I have only tried with a
> samba controlled domain so maybe I can't be of much assistance. If you have
> added the machine in to server manager it should just work.

hm.  which version of nt are people having problems with? SP5?



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