join samba client to samba domain

[Pieter Grimmerink]

> Pieter Grimmerink wrote:
> >
> > I've recently updated my samba PDC to 2.2, and now I tried to recreate a
> > machine account for a samba client. I started with a new smbpasswd file,
> > followed all the instructions, etc.
> >
> > When I try to create a machine account on the Samba server with
> >
> > samedit -U root
> > createuser client$
> >
> > it tells me to use lsaquery first, to get my SID
> > This seems to be a function in rpcclient.
> > This one fails.
> >
> > When I try to join the domain with
> >
> > rpcclient -U root
> > createuser client$ -j
>
> Join what domain ?? I don't think you need this step ? (not sure)

No, this is the client. Not the PDC. So it should join the domain

> Try to use "samedit -S . -U root" (some ppl reported problems otherwise
> ? )

Now I get a 'broken pipe' first, samedit stops.
After that, the same 'usr lsaquery first' error.

Best regards,

Pieter Grimmerink