Password server loop - from smbpasswd -j

Justo Alonso Achaques justo at creditoycaucion.es
Tue Jun 22 07:20:43 GMT 1999



On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, David Bannon wrote:

Hello....

  You try: password server = bcfile

  and in the command line: smbpasswd -j BIOCHEM -r bcfile

try it and comment us.

ciao
> 
> Yesterdays CVS, seems to be a bit funny with being a domain member, but its
> the first time I have tried to make a samba domain member .....
> 
> I have a machine (trillion) that is intended to be a domain member.
> 
>    security = domain
>    workgroup = BIOCHEM
>    password server = 131.172.140.100
> 
> However when I run 'smbpasswd -j biochem' I get told about a 'Password
> server loop' (see below). A look in the archives mentions this problem, but
> only for people who don't have their set up correct.
> 
> I want this machine to be a member, not PDC, of the domain biochem. The PDC
> is 131.172.140.100 (I also tried the netbios name, 'bcfile'. Which syntax
> is correct ?)
> 
> As near as I can tell, cli_connect_serverlist() is being passed the name
> trillion (the machines own name) to make a connection to. (I added a debug
> to see what the parameter *p pointed to).
> 
> Any suggestions ??
> 
> messages for debug = 100 :
> 
> resolve_name: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name TRILLION
> getlmhostsent: lmhost entry: 131.172.140.100 bcfile
> resolve_name: Attempting host lookup for name TRILLION
> cli_connect_serverlist: Password server loop - not using password server
> TRILLION
> cli_connect_serverlist: Domain password server not available.
> cli_shutdown
> get_member_domain_sid: unable to initialise client connection.
> Can't setup password database vectors.
> 
> David
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> David Bannon                      D.Bannon at latrobe.edu.au
> School of Biochemistry            Phone 61 03 9479 2197
> La Trobe University, Plenty Rd,   Fax   61 03 9479 2467
> Bundoora, Vic, Australia, 3083    http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au
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> 



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