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

[Justo Alonso Achaques]

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
>