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

[Justo Alonso Achaques]

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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